triangles (interpersonal relations)

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triangles (interpersonal relations)

Winner of the National Book Award

a novel of fame, honor, and really bad weather
2003
Fraternal twins Abigail and Dorcas Mather could not be more different, have always been the best of friends, but when the new man in town takes an interest in both of them, their close relationship is tested.

Orchard

a novel
2003
Internationally acclaimed painter Ned Weaver becomes obsessed with his model, leading to complications in both his marriage and his career.

The guru of love

2003
Ramchandra, a math teacher in Kathmandu, gains insights into himself and his wife when he begins an ill-fated affair with a beautiful, impoverished young woman he is tutoring.

The king in the tree

three novellas
2003
Presents three novellas, one about a woman who takes revenge upon her dead husband's former lover; the second a romantic tale about a love lesson learned by Don Juan on a country estate in England; and the third a retelling of the tragedy of Tristan and Iseult.

Property

2003
Tensions between Manon Gaudet, a fiercely discontent Louisiana plantation wife, and her young slave Sarah who has been forced into a sexual relationship with Manon's husband, come to a head in the 1820s when a slave rebellion touches all their lives.

Remembrance

2011
Lizzie Davenport, having no memory of her past life in Regency Era, England, is not getting along with her boyfriend Jeremy, and she feels a strong connection to transfer student Drew Carmichael, but matters become complicated when Drew starts dating Chelsea, Lizzie's best friend.

Lucy

a novel
2003
"On the eve of World War I, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt, fiercely ambitious and still untouched by polio, fell in love with his wife's social secretary, Lucy Mercer. When Eleanor stumbled onto evidence of the affair, divorce was discussed, but honor and ambition won out. Franklin promised he would never see Lucy again." "Ellen Feldman's novel brings sympathy and insight to bear on the connection between these three compelling characters. When Franklin and Lucy did meet again, it was across the divide of his illness and political ascendancy, her marriage and widowhood. As he prepared to run for an unprecedented third term and lead America into another world war, he turned to Lucy for the warmth and unconditional approval Eleanor was unable to give.".

The marriage plot

2012
English major Madeleine Hanna must choose between two suitors while working on her senior thesis on the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels.

The guardian

2005
Four years after her dying husband gave her one last gift, a Great Dane puppy, and promised to always keep her safe, twenty-nine-year-old Julie Barenson is finally ready to love again, but danger lurks as she tries to decide which of two men will make her happy.

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