Picks and Pans Review: The Essential Sue Miller

By JOANNA POWELL, KIM HUBBARD, JONATHAN DURBIN, CASSIDY STOCKWELL

UPDATED 01/21/2008 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 01/21/2008 at 01:00 AM EST

The Good Mother (1986) A divorced mom pays a devastating price for sexual liberation. Dated but still gripping.

While I Was Gone (1999) Midlife crises among the former '60s-radical set.

Lost in the Forest (2005) Sudden death, teen sexuality and a family shaken to its core. Improbably, it's uplifting.