The Affair

"All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.€  €”Leo TolstoyAs a writer, Celia Bayley€™s insights into the ways of the human heart made her famous. And why not? She had married a handsome war hero and produced three successful children. Yet, as her family gathers for her funeral, the diaries and notebooks and letters she left behind paint a very different picture, one that shocks those who loved her and will force them to confront the difficult conflicts in their own lives. A life torn by secrets is revealed. The husband she adored had deceived her early in their marriage and broken her heart, though they persevered as a family. Then, years later while on a trip with friends, she meets a man for whom she feels a passion she never believed possible. In one brief moment, her whole life is turned inside out. Utterly compelling and beautifully written, The Affair makes vividly real the agonizi

Author: Alicia Clifford

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Released Date: 2012

ISBN: 9780312376277