Publication

1996 - Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

68,750 words, Guess

Page Count

275 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing18176

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3564.E428 T35 1996

Description

Two men meet briefly in a hospital, where both are visiting their dying fathers. They speak again just a few months later, when one of them impulsively calls the other, a psychologist, and a friendship of sorts starts to form. After the psychologist leaves his wife a few weeks later, she begins to fall in love with his friend, creating a triangle that threatens to destroy all three and their families. The wife must decide between two very different men, whom she loves in very different ways. As the focus of the novel turns toward the woman in the middle, it becomes increasingly clear that whomever she chooses, the effect on the lives of everyone involved will be immeasurable. Regret, fear, grief, anger, anxiety, wistfulness, and yearning - these people's lives hang tenuously in the balance of their own conflicting emotions.

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Other Editions

  • Talking in bedHoughton Mifflin Co.1996-01-01

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