Private Life by Jane Smiley

Private Life by Jane Smiley

Here is the powerful, deeply affecting story of one Margaret Mayfield, from her childhood in post-Civil War Missouri to California in the throes of World War I. When Margaret marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early at the age of twenty-seven, she narrowly avoids condemning herself to life as an old maid. Instead, knowing little about marriage and even less about her husband, she moves with Andrew to his naval base in California. Margaret stands by Andrew during tragedies both historical and personal, but as World War I approaches and the secrets of her husband's scientific and academic past begin to surface, she is forced to reconsider the life she had so carefully constructed.

A riveting and nuanced novel of marriage and family, Private Life reveals the mysteries of intimacy and the anonymity that endures even in lives lived side by side.

JANE SMILEY is the author of many books for adults, including Private Life, Horse Heaven, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Thousand Acres. She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001.
Jane lives in Northern California, where she rides horses every chance she gets. She is also the author of four other novels for young readers in the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch series: The Georges and the Jewels, A Good Horse, True Blue, and Pie in the Sky.

From the Hardcover edition.

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ISBN 13	9781400033195
ISBN 10	1400033195
Title	Private Life
Author	Jane Smiley
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2011-06-14
Number of pages	416
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