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The Good Husband by Gail Godwin
" 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. 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. Now, Magda's grave illness puts their marriage to its ultimate test.
Though facing her "Final Examination," Magda continues to arouse her visitors with compelling thoughts and questions. Into this provocative atmosphere comes Alice Henry, retreating from family tragedy and a crumbling marriage to novelist Hugo Henry. 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... 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
Gail Godwin is the bestselling author of more than a dozen highly acclaimed works, including the novels Grief Cottage, Flora, Father Melancholy's Daughter, and Evensong, as well as Publishing, a memoir. She has been nominated for three National Book Awards. She has won a Guggenheim Fellowship, funds from the National Endowment for the Arts for fiction and libretto composition, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Prize in Literature. She resides in the town of Woodstock, New York. Gail Godwin's website is www.gailgodwin.co.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780345396457 |
| ISBN 10 | 0345396456 |
| Title | The Good Husband |
| Author | Gail Godwin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1995-07-10 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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