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Availability:In StockContributor:Jennie FieldsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2013-05-28Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143123286ISBN-10:143123289UPC:9780143123286Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, WomenSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC5NX9QPYF
For fans of The Paris Wife, a sparkling glimpse into the life of Edith Wharton and the scandalous love affair that threatened her closest friendship

They say that behind every great man is a great woman. Behind Edith Wharton, there was Anna Bahlmann--her governess turned literary secretary and confidante. At the age of forty-five, despite her growing fame, Edith remains unfulfilled in a lonely, sexless marriage. Against all the rules of Gilded Age society, she falls in love with Morton Fullerton, a dashing young journalist. But their scandalous affair threatens everything in Edith's life--especially her abiding ties to Anna.

At a moment of regained popularity for Wharton, Jennie Fields brilliantly interweaves Wharton's real letters and diary entries with her fascinating, untold love story. Told through the points of view of both Edith and Anna, The Age of Desire transports readers to the golden days of Wharton's turn-of-the century world and--like the recent bestseller The Chaperone--effortlessly re-creates the life of an unforgettable woman.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143123286ISBN-10:143123289UPC:9780143123286Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, WomenSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC5NX9QPYF
Jennie Fields received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. The author of the novels Lily Beach, Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, and The Middle Ages, she spent twenty-five years as an advertising creative director in New York and now lives with her husband in Nashville, Tennessee.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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