More than half a century ago, in a remote Corsican village, the beautiful Margot loses her newborn daughter to a tragedy that reaches beyond the disputed island. Sixty years later, Emily, an erudite and tenured professor of literature at the University of Berkeley discovers a novel that destroys her very foundations and leads her to the edge of disaster. Can Margot lead young film director Amanda tot he truth that will save them all?
More than half a century ago, in a remote Corsican village, the beautiful Margot loses her newborn daughter to a tragedy that reaches beyond the di...
A small collection of short stories and essays revolving around the darker side of love, viewed from many angles: the self-love of a prostitute, a middle-aged woman who returns to an unhappy marriage after twenty years to nurse her dying husband, disillusion and gender betrayal under the elms of a prestigious university... but all is not lost, for there is beauty too, even in the darkest heart of love.
A small collection of short stories and essays revolving around the darker side of love, viewed from many angles: the self-love of a prostitute, a mid...