The Life Room

Eleanor Cahn, a professor of literature, wife of a preeminent surgeon, and devoted mother of two, is in Paris to present a paper on Anna Karenina. A chance encounter brings to the surface passions she has suppressed for years. As The Life Room unfolds, 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 11/03/2008
ISBN: 9780156034326
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.32w x 0.85d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 12/28/2008 pg. 20