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Anna Leath, an American widow living in France, has engaged in a love affair with George Darrow, a diplomat. However, when Darrow is on his way to consolidate marriage plans at Anna's French chateau, he encounters Sophy Viner, who is as sprightly and spontaneous as Anna is restrained and demure. Soon after, Anna's affair with Darrow becomes the reef on which the lives of four people are in extreme danger of foundering.
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"The novel…was most enthusiastically admired by Henry James, and one can see why, for it is most Jamesian…It marks the peak of her most brilliant period of creativity…And for us it is a chance to see what can be achieved in the pursuit of moral truths."
Anita Brookner, New York Times bestselling author
"Underwood does a stellar job of interpreting the characters, deftly giving each a distinct voice and allowing the tension between characters to seem natural-and inevitable-due to their personalities…With her graceful, well paced reading, Underwood gives it the attention it deserves."
Kliatt