Read By: Meg Wolitzer

<p><em>Meg Wolitzer on her selection:</em></p> <p>I chose this story because it’s such an intuitive and ruefully funny close-up of a marriage. My mother, Hilma Wolitzer, looks at the often desperate ways that partners keep each other going; this can be a lifelong work. The characters’ dream of moving from the congested city to the seemingly peaceful suburbs remains alive yet unrealized, a shared fantasy that almost drives them apart. I love “Sundays” for how slyly subversive and honest it is.</p> <p><a href= "https://classic.esquire.com/article/1974/12/1/sundays">"Sundays"</a> at <em>Esquire</em></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/an-available-man/9780345527554"><em>An Available Man</em></a> at Bookshop.org</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Music: "Shift of Currents" by Blue Dot Sessions // CC BY-NC 2.0</span></p>