In Victorian New England, Nicholas van Tassel falls in love with Etna Bliss, and this is the story of their life together, through courtship, marriage and estrangement. It's interesting and a little unusual to find a story like this told from the man's perspective, and the author cleverly manages to depict Nicholas in all his pomposity and self-delusion without ever making us dislike him enough to throw the book aside in disgust. The book left me wanting to read more from Anita Shreve.

RELEASE NOTES:

I'll bring this book to the meet-up.

Caught at tonight's meetup. Not sure when I'll start this due to large tbr pile, but it looks tempting enough to move up the pile!

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