The Engagements [Paperback]

APeople MagazineTop 10 Best Book of the Year

The bestselling author ofMainereturns with an exhilarating novel about Frances Gerety, the real pioneering ad woman who coined the famous slogan “A Diamond is Forever,” and four unique marriages that will test how true—or not—those words might be.
 
Evelyn has been married to her husband for forty years, but their son’s messy divorce has put them at rare odds; James, a beleaguered paramedic, has spent most of his marriage haunted by his wife’s family’s expectations; Delphine has thrown caution to the wind and left a peaceful French life for an exciting but rocky romance in America; and Kate, partnered with Dan for a decade, has seen every kind of wedding and has vowed never, ever, to have one of her own. As the stories connect to each other and to Frances’s legacy in surprising ways,The Engagementsexplores the complicated ins and outs of relationships, then, now, and forever. 

“Sullivan is a born storyteller. Like its mineral muse,Engagementsshines.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“The Engagementsis a delightful marriage of cultural research and literary entertainment.”
—The Washington Post
 
“Sullivan takes the cake when it comes to tying the knot. . . . A generously populated, multi-generational tale.”
—TheChicago Tribune,Editor’s Choice
 
“Any one of the five stories ofThe Engagementscould have been a novel in itself. Taken together, though, they rather brilliantly represent different facets of marriage…. Captivating.”
—The Minneapolis Star Tribune

“This is one smart summer read.”
—People

“Well-crafted. . . . Sullivan’s admiration and affection for Gerety, and sensitivity to the challenges shel³D