Familiar Passions

''The reader is thoroughly entranced and entertained'' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

''Among the most perceptive and accomplished novelists writing today'' P. D. JAMES

''There''s a speck of surprise on most every page'' KIRKUS REVIEWS

After an expensive dinner on their thirteenth wedding anniversary, James calmly announces that he wishes to leave Bridie. A cherished adopted child, she stepped into mar...