Disavowals: A Study in Perspective, A Novel

"And you''re going to say ''it was good to know you'' to the guy in the sexy hat . . . the guy you were going to marry today?"

Promises, promises. Vows to do and vows to undo. A summer weekend in the Hudson Valley is supposed to be devoted primarily to the third marriage of psychologist Marguerite Ariston. However, a tangle of characters is forced by a variety of circumstances to unsnarl feelings a...