Silver
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- Synopsis
- Paulie and Howard Flax have been married almost twenty-five years when she decides to leave him-before the mockery of a silver-anniversary party, "before Hallmark unfurled the tinfoil in a roll of thunder." Their circumstances have never been ideal. Paulie was pregnant when they married, Howard has been unfaithful, and they both had to defer their dreams for the sake of domesticity. Paulie, who writes a household-hints column, had once intended to be a poet, and Howard reluctantly gave up the high life of a jazz musician to run a recording studio. Middle age has softened their bodies and muted their passion. On the eve of Paulie's defection, Howard suffers a significant heart attack and the belated discovery that he truly loves her. He decides to end his affair with sexy, tenacious Janine and devote himself to restoring his marriage. But soon after his recovery, Paulie moves out of their Long Island home into Manhattan, where she encounters surprising new adventures of the mind and heart. Howard remains in the suburbs, inventing strategies to win her back, alternately aided and impeded by their grown son and daughter. At the same time, he tries to come to terms with his newly evident mortality. Told in both Paulie's and Howard's voices, Silver is the deeply affecting story of their struggle to find the best way to live-together, or apart.
- Copyright:
- 1988
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 324 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 12/20/05
- Copyrighted By:
- Hilma Wolitzer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Earth Sciences
- Submitted By:
- earl schwab
- Proofread By:
- Karin Mitchell
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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