Easy Silence
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (650 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312268122 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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But after a split that includes Lucien's betrayal, Grace and William reunite with a simplicity that belies the homicidal frisson previously in the air. But then a new viola player--the attractive Bonnie Morse--joins William's previously all-male quartet, and William loses his head. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. From Publishers Weekly "Suddenly William was able to contemplate the fact quite calmly: he would have to murder his wife." At the start of this unusual portrait of a British marriage, middle-aged William Handle is far from entertaining such wicked thoughts. Easy to read, but brittle around the edges, the novel gives a cool account of thwarted passion. Husband and
For what do people who've been married that long say when they meet on the stairs? But just as quickly as their routine emerged, it is yanked away by the winds of change. In Easy Silence, Huth combines remarkable insight with biting wit to create a delicious black comedy.. The two spend each day in their respective corners of the house-William upstairs practicing, and Grace downstairs working on her latest wildflower illustration-and they even take careful steps to prevent a chance encounter. Though his presence unnerves her, he provides her days with a bittersweet frisson, and before long Grace is captivated. From the acclaimed author of
Angela Huth should be very angry at her publisher James Ashley Shea Huth should be very angry at her publisher, who apparently is Thomas Dunne. Here is a sentence: "On the step was a milk bottle surrounded by a circle of six ." From the next paragraph I can see that the missing word is "tangerines." I cannot tell you all the other errors. The publisher will have to hire a copyeditor to find them all, and there are many.This novel gives pleasure to the discriminating reader. It deserves to be on Kindle, word for word, the same as in paperback. The present Kindle version is disgustingly full of errors. Kcorn said A long-time marriage runs into a crisis. First off, I admit I'm a fan of Angela Huth's books and I couldn't wait to get my hands on this one. I wasn't dissappointed. This is a sometimes comic, sometimes poignant glimpse at the life of a couple, William and Grace, whose marriage has gotten a bit too routine. And then a lovely young musician enters the picture, a musician who happens to be joining William's music quartet,taking the place of a viola player who has resigned. William is entranced by her. Meanwhile Grace herself is not sitting alone, bereft and rejected. Althoug