Parlor Games
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- Synopsis
- The author of Pause Between Acts pokes dark and delightful fun at the "new monogamy' in this look at the games people play. Here is a wicked stroll through modern suburban bliss and blight, where things are seldom what they seem and where one woman decides to break all the rules as she discovers more than she bargained for in her marriage, her husband her friends and herself. Celia and Alex and their two small children live in a lovely home in the perfectly respectable suburb of Bedford Park. It's a place where marriage is "in," where families barbecue together in the summer, where couples gather for cocktail parties on the weekends, where the women tend to home, family, and garden while their men tend to business in the City and return at day's end to a home-cooked meal and a martini by the fire-the cozy 1950s revisited. Celia has great plans for her upcoming fortieth birthday celebration, starting with a guest list that includes her oldest (and far more worldly) friend, Susannah, and Susannah's womanizing husband, Tom (Tom's dependable flirtation with Celia takes on a far more intimate note when he leaves a surprise birthday gift for her in the washing machine); Celia's infinitely more sensible sister, Isabel, who disapproves of Celia's complacent housewife status- and Hazel, Celia's ex-best friend, turned traitor when she deserted Celia for a glamorous new neighbor. After an elegant home- cooked dinner, Celia arranges for everyone to play some lighthearted parlor games. But even the best-laid plans sometimes explode in your face; Celia's innocent fun snowballs into a full-blown disaster when some eye-opening surprises surface about her seemingly perfect marriage, spinning Celia from discovery to deception to a deliciously realized revenge.
- Copyright:
- 1989
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 288 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780671683092
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster
- Date of Addition:
- 03/07/11
- Copyrighted By:
- Mavis Cheek
- Adult content:
- Yes
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Garyp
- Proofread By:
- robert tweedy
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.