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A book I read a couple years ago was called "Calling Invisible Women".  This woman slowly turns invisible and her family doesn't even notice.  [/quote]

I really liked this novel! It’s not as dark as it sounds - I remember there being sone lightness and humor, too. PLUS the author (Jeanne Ray) is Ann Patchett’s mother (and a bit of a character in her Ian right if I remember Patchett’s essays about her correctly.)  Clearly, talent runs in the family!

Speaking of Ann Patchett’s, I highly recommend her book of essays, “This is the Story of a Happy Marriage.” The book is a collection of essays she wrote at different stages of life (and about disparate topics), but they’re all fabulously written and thought-provoking. The title essay (… Happy Marriage) is wonderful and complex. Not at all sappy or dopey like the title may suggest. (I especially enjoyed this book on audio. I feel like I got a real sense of Patchett’s brittle/cranky side, which only enhanced the essays!)[/quote]

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