Green design covers on boards. 174 pp. Volume is Ex-library with the usual stamps, marks, pocket removed from front pastedown, left residue and scuffing. Some wear to edges. Now in protective wrap. "The story of Marian Forrester, a young vivacious California woman, who has married the much older Captain Forrester, a prominent citizen of a small Midwestern town. She has no vocation, but that of being the ornament of his household. She is a dutiful and attentive wife, nonetheless, and when her husband falls ill, she takes care of him. At the same time, her strong sexual needs find outlet in her affair with another man. The story is told from the point of view of the young boy, Neil, who idealizes Mrs. Forrester and is devastated when his illusion is shattered upon discovery of her extramarital affair. But the novel focuses on the heroic survival of Marian under the circumstances of her life."

Fiction, Novel