The Life Room [Paperback]

Eleanor Cahn, a professor of literature, wife of a preeminent surgeon, and devoted mother of two, is in Paris to present a paper onAnna Karenina. A chance encounter brings to the surface passions she has suppressed for years. AsThe Life Roomunfolds, we learn the secrets of her erotic past: ethereal William, her high school boyfriend; her role as muse to troubled painter Adam; her marriage to loyal, steady Michael. On her return to New York, Eleanor's charged attraction to another man takes on a life of its own, threatening to destroy everything she has.

 

Jill Bialosky has created a fresh, piercingly real heroine who must choose between responsibility and desire.