Marrying the Mistress

Joanna Trollope, whose elegant, gently provocative novels are becoming as beloved in America as in England--where she has long been a #I bestseller & a household name--"captures the poignant rituals of family attachment & detachment with delicious wryness & large doses of empathy." (Good Housekeeping) What happens when the esteemed head of a family--an English judge, no less--announces he is leaving a forty-year marriage to marry his mistress? How do his grown sons feel? How do his grandchildren respond? And how is that crisis compounded by the knowledge that his mistress is no mere bit of fluff but a spirited, accomplished young woman who is--to their dismay--immensely likeable? Marrying the Mistress is quintessential Trollope with an added perspective: that of the men in a family, & how they interact across generations. Here are sons who could envision themselves being tempted by their father's new bride; mothers who cling forever to primacy in their son's affections; teenagers with insights clearer than their parents'. In Marrying the Mistress, Trollope combines her trademark sensitivity with a new boldness & unsentimental honesty that make this book her most true-to-life ever.Trollope, Joanna is the author of 'Marrying the Mistress' with ISBN 9780670891504 and ISBN 0670891509.