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Zusatztext Very thought-provoking on the issues of intimacy and marriage. Informationen zum Autor Gail Kathleen Godwin (1937) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has published one non-fiction work, two collections of short stories and eleven novels. Three of her books have been nominated for the National Book Award and five have made the New York Times Bestseller List. Godwin's body of work has garnered many honours, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts grants for both fiction and libretto writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Godwin currently lives and writes in Woodstock, New York. Klappentext *Critics place her among the ranks of Eudora Welty! Pat Conroy! and Carson McCullers. *A subtle! moving meditation on the nature of intimacy and influence! and the differences between good matches and good mates. Vorwort One of America's gifted novelists creates a portrait of two marriages and four unforgettable characters that travels beyond love and domestic comfort to explore the most profound consequences of intimate relationships. Zusammenfassung One of America's gifted novelists creates a portrait of two marriages and four unforgettable characters that travels beyond love and domestic comfort to explore the most profound consequences of intimate relationships.