An upper-class New York marriage has seen better days, but is being held together by the shared love of a daughter; when outside forces threaten the young woman, the whole family is changed in Matthew Weiner's slender study Heather, the Totality.
Weiner is best known as the creator of the television show Mad Men as well as a turn as a writer on The Sopranos. This has a splash of both, but I would wager that Weiner has made a close read of Philip Roth and John Updike at some point in his life.
Much as Mad Men mirrored a time and place, Heather, the Totality reminds me of the styling of both Roth and Updike. Fans of those writers will enjoy this piece, whether they have heard of Weiner's other work or not (somehow).
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it quickly.
Weiner is best known as the creator of the television show Mad Men as well as a turn as a writer on The Sopranos. This has a splash of both, but I would wager that Weiner has made a close read of Philip Roth and John Updike at some point in his life.
Much as Mad Men mirrored a time and place, Heather, the Totality reminds me of the styling of both Roth and Updike. Fans of those writers will enjoy this piece, whether they have heard of Weiner's other work or not (somehow).
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it quickly.
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