--- product_id: 15254034 title: "While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club)" brand: "sue miller" price: "£20.16" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Books" url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/15254034-while-i-was-gone-oprahs-book-club store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club) **Brand:** sue miller **Price:** £20.16 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club) by sue miller - **How much does it cost?** £20.16 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/15254034-while-i-was-gone-oprahs-book-club) ## Best For - sue miller enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted sue miller brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club) ## Images ![While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club) - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51e2vGmpriL.jpg) ![While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club) - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51VmGM9jKDL.jpg) ![While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club) - Image 3](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51EYs83nqdL.jpg) ![While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club) - Image 4](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/3106w2AgUxL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A tough book to like *by R***Y on October 6, 2000* While I was Gone by Sue Miller was a difficult book to enjoy. I found that the book was written well, but it was hard for me to have any sympathy for the main character, Jo Becker: a 50-ish woman, married, three daughters, and had a thriving career as a veterinarian.But despite the good things in her life, she is drawn to her distant past that she had kept secret from her children for decades. She meets and reacquaints herself, through one daughter's professor in college, with a man she hadn't seen since the 1960's, a man whom she shares a terrible secret.The book is written in the present, but takes a u-turn into Jo's past when she meets this old acquaintance, Eli, and then relives the rather bohemian lifestyle when she lived with a number of housemates a year or two after leaving her first husband, a college sweetheart. The past reveals a different side of Jo, a side that her daughters are not aware of, and a side that her current husband, the father of her daughters, cannot comprehend, but had accepted, or so Jo thought.What I didnt' like about Jo was that it seemed that throughout her life, she was running away from her problems. She ran away from her first husband by joining a group of people and living a bohemian life. Even as an adult she was running away, if not physically, at least mentally and emotionally. I find that distasteful in a person, and therefore I had a very hard time liking Jo.Despite this fact, I enjoyed the story for what it was: a psychological look into a person and how tragedies in this person's past shaped her and changed her to what she became in the present. Despite the many negative aspects of the story (dont' expect a happy ending), I found this book to be very enjoyable on a different level. I didnt' like Jo, but I found myself very interested in what happens to her, and what happened to her in her past. For this reason, it didnt' take me long to finish this book. I almost couldn't put it down.I recommend this book, but with a warning - you will probably not like Jo Becker. Be prepared for that! ### ⭐ Not worth your time. *by D***F on November 21, 2015* Usually Oprah books are decent reads. I hated the main character so much, and I never understood why she did what she did. I had to read the whole thing because it was a book club read. Otherwise, I would have given up after a few chapters. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ While I Was Gone is a superbly suspenseful novel about ... *by H***A on September 26, 2014* While I Was Gone is a superbly suspenseful novel about how quickly a marriage can be ruined, how a devoted wife finds herself putting at risk all she holds dear. Sue Miller encapsulates the instability of even the strongest bonds, the carelessness with which we use to abandon each other, leaving us the need to be forgiven. An extraordinary book. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/15254034-while-i-was-gone-oprahs-book-club](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/15254034-while-i-was-gone-oprahs-book-club) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-31*