Escape from InnocenceiUniverse, 2006 - 264 páginas Ellie Homans, artist and wife of a prominent surgeon, lives in sumptuous luxury in a Boston suburb. Senator Alexander Lindsay, of Bostonian aristocracy, is vital, handsome, and politically powerful. But privilege has shielded neither from loveless marriages. Together they find a passionate commitment that submerges their mutual devotion to fidelity and personal integrity. The discovery of their affair leads Ellie¿s husband to devise a life-threatening method to imprison his wife in her unwanted marriage. He unwittingly passes his vendetta to his daughter, whose fury brings mother and daughter to the brink of disaster. Ellie¿s escape from innocence to costly awareness leads her to the realization that love, no matter how mature, can have a dreadful price. A woman finally discovers what she wants¿and what it costs. Ellie Homans keeps a running tally of "shoulds" in her mind, a list of her failures as the wife of an eminent surgeon from one of Boston's first families and mother to a son following in his father's footsteps and a daughter who hates her. The list is a catalog of battles she's lost over the years, from the decoration of the house to where her daughter Annie should go to college. Curtis (Song for a Lifetime, 1999) unfolds this romantic drama set among the New England aristocracy with an assured hand. Rich, engaging characters demonstrate that love often comes at a high price. -Kirkus Discoveries |
Contenido
CHAPTER 1 | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 | 9 |
CHAPTER 3 | 20 |
CHAPTER 4 | 27 |
CHAPTER 5 | 39 |
CHAPTER 6 | 52 |
CHAPTER 7 | 67 |
CHAPTER 8 | 77 |
CHAPTER 12 | 136 |
CHAPTER 13 | 159 |
CHAPTER 14 | 172 |
CHAPTER 15 | 178 |
CHAPTER 16 | 192 |
CHAPTER 17 | 202 |
CHAPTER 18 | 212 |
CHAPTER 19 | 229 |
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