" A] BRILLIANT, WITTY AND PROVOCATIVE NEW NOVEL."--San Francisco Chronicle As a young woman, the brilliant and eternally curious Magda Danvers took the academic world by storm.
She has received a Guggen.
She is also the author of The Making of a Writer: Journals, 1961-1963 and The Making of a Writer, Volume 2: Journals, 1963-1969, edited by Rob Neufeld.
A] BIG SUMPTUOUS BOOK...
HER BEST NOVEL."--Entertainment Weekly"A BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED NOVEL, full of fun and mischief and resonating with wisdom and moral depth."--New Woman A Featured Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club About the Author: Gail Godwin is a three-time National Book Award finalist and the bestselling author of twelve critically acclaimed novels, including A Mother and Two Daughters, Violet Clay, Father Melancholy\'s Daughter, Evensong, The Good Husband, Queen of the Underworld, and Unfinished Desires.
But is it the incandescence of Magda\'s ideas that draws Alice, or the secret of "the Good marriage" that she is desperate to discover? For Alice, Hugo, Francis, and Magda will learn that the most ideal relationship--even a perfect marriage--doesn\'t come without a price...."COMPELLING WRITING...
REMARKABLY SKILLFUL...
Gail Godwin shows herself to be at the height of her considerable power as a storyteller and a writer."--The Boston Globe"ONE OF HER FINEST BOOKS...
It is not only a well-written story, but a mature and wise one, affirmative in its vision of love, unblinking in its portrayal of tragic loss."--Atlanta Journal & Constitution"FASCINATING...
Into this provocative atmosphere comes Alice Henry, retreating from family tragedy and a crumbling marriage to novelist Hugo Henry.
Though facing her "Final Examination," Magda continues to arouse her visitors with compelling thoughts and questions.
Now, Magda\'s grave illness puts their marriage to its ultimate test.
Then, to everyone\'s surprise, she married Francis Lake, a mild, midwestern seminarian, who has devoted his life to taking care of his charismatic wife. " A] BRILLIANT, WITTY AND PROVOCATIVE NEW NOVEL."--San Francisco Chronicle As a young woman, the brilliant and eternally curious Magda Danvers took the academic world by storm
