Outside the Ordinary World (Paperback) by Dori Ostermiller

from LiteraryFeline

My roommate and I were both psychology majors. She was working on a paper about infidelity and she asked me if I thought I could stay with a husband how had cheated on me. My answer was instantaneous. Of course not. No hesitation. The more we talked, however, the more I began to wonder. I still d...

from bookwormteri

The story of a woman whose family was torn apart by infidelity as a child and grows up to see how easy it is to escape into an affair. This book made me so sad. The bleak look at married life and how people drift apart is just horrifying. Maybe truthful? I am divorced and it is kind of how I look...

from ImBookingIt

I was intrigued by the description of this book, but was also worried-- I often react badly to books about infidelity.In this case, I really could identify with where Sylvia is in her life. I even started reading the book on my 42nd birthday, and the modern day sections start on Sylvia's 42nd bir...

from pdebolt

Told in chapters that alternate between Sylvia the adult and Sylvia the child, Ostermiller has crafted a novel that twice demonstrates the impact of infidelity. Sylvia and her older sister, Ali, live with a father who is often distant and cruel, and a weak mother with a long-term "boyfriend" who ...

from Tinasbookreviews

Beautifully written, I had a hard time believing this was a debut novel. The talent for telling a story is surly there; Ms. Ostermiller definitely has a future in writing. Mothers and daughters, wives and husbands, lovers and religion coat the pages of this meaty summer story told completely thro...