{"product_id":"the-good-husband-9780345396457","title":"The Good Husband","description":"\"[A] BRILLIANT, WITTY AND PROVOCATIVE NEW NOVEL.\"\u003cbr\u003e--San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003eAs a young woman, the brilliant and eternally curious Magda Danvers took the academic world by storm. Then, to everyone's surprise, she married Francis Lake, a mild, midwestern seminarian, who has devoted his life to taking care of his charismatic wife. Now, Magda's grave illness puts their marriage to its ultimate test. \u003cbr\u003eThough facing her \"Final Examination,\" Magda continues to arouse her visitors with compelling thoughts and questions. Into this provocative atmosphere comes Alice Henry, retreating from family tragedy and a crumbling marriage to novelist Hugo Henry. But is it the incandescence of Magda's ideas that draws Alice, or the secret of \"the good marriage\" that she is desperate to discover? For Alice, Hugo, Francis, and Magda will learn that the most ideal relationship--even a perfect marriage--doesn't come without a price....\u003cbr\u003e\"COMPELLING WRITING...REMARKABLY SKILLFUL...Gail Godwin shows herself to be at the height of her considerable power as a storyteller and a writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\"ONE OF HER FINEST BOOKS...It is not only a well-written story, but a mature and wise one, affirmative in its vision of love, unblinking in its portrayal of tragic loss.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Atlanta Journal \u0026amp; Constitution\u003cbr\u003e\"FASCINATING...[A] BIG SUMPTUOUS BOOK...HER BEST NOVEL.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"A BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED NOVEL, full of fun and mischief and resonating with wisdom and moral depth.\"\u003cbr\u003e--New Woman\u003cbr\u003eA Featured Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gail Godwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.14h x 5.52w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345396457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/1995 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/03\/1995 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGail Godwin\u003c\/b\u003e is a three-time National Book Award finalist and the bestselling author of twelve critically acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Mother and Two Daughters, Violet Clay, Father Melancholy's Daughter, Evensong, The Good Husband, Queen of the Underworld, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Unfinished Desires\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of a Writer: Journals, 1961-1963 \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Making of a Writer, Volume 2: Journals, 1963-1969, \u003c\/i\u003e edited by Rob Neufeld. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts grants for both fiction and libretto writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She has written libretti for ten musical works with the composer Robert Starer. Gail Godwin lives in Woodstock, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44911719743603,"sku":"9780345396457","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_71c28c61-de7a-4ac0-b377-a6d3bd756a83.jpg?v=1777567618","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-good-husband-9780345396457","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}