Betsy Lewis is an innocent abroad until she meets Alice Blanders Russo and her much younger lover, Leo Conti. Together they form a triangle of friendship and desire that will turn Betsy s marriageand her principlesupside down. Add a hilarious excursion to find her Italian roots and the rediscovery of an old friend (brilliant, black and gay), and Betsy is on a road to self-discovery filled with unexpected turnings and definitely dangerous curves. Alive with the attractions and contradictions of Rome and the Americans who ...
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Betsy Lewis is an innocent abroad until she meets Alice Blanders Russo and her much younger lover, Leo Conti. Together they form a triangle of friendship and desire that will turn Betsy s marriageand her principlesupside down. Add a hilarious excursion to find her Italian roots and the rediscovery of an old friend (brilliant, black and gay), and Betsy is on a road to self-discovery filled with unexpected turnings and definitely dangerous curves. Alive with the attractions and contradictions of Rome and the Americans who gathered there in the 60 s and 70 s, "Friends Along the Way" explores serious relationships with just the right touch of wild humor, capturing the flavor of love Italian stylerich, robust, and a feast to remember. Julia Markus, an English professor at Hofstra University, received the Houghton Mifflin Literary Award for her first novel, "Uncle," which was followed by three well-received novels, "American Rose," "Friends Along the Way" and "A Change of Luck," as well as her critically acclaimed biographies, "Dared and Done: The Marriage of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning" and "Across An Untried Sea: Discovering Lives Hidden in the Shadow of Convention and Time." She has won a National Endowment for the Arts grant and two National Endowment for the Humanities grants. Her most recent book is "J. Anthony Froude: The Last Undiscovered Great Victorian." An entire generation s rite of passage. "Philadelphia Inquirer" Tracing the ties that bind and the ties that unravel. "Chicago Sun Times" A Book one wants to keep on reading. "New York Time Book Review" Deeply engagingopens up wonderful new angles onto fiction s familiar landscape of passion and the search for self "Newsweek""
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Add this copy of Friends Along the Way to cart. $20.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Book is tight with no markings, minor soiling to top page edge, dj has a small tear along front bottom fold, minor soiling to dj, great copy.
Add this copy of Friends Along the Way to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Robinson Street Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Add this copy of Friends Along the Way (Advance Uncorrected Proof) to cart. $50.00, like new condition, Sold by Brenner's Collectable Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manasquan, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Fine. 8vo., Wraps 264 pp. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A slight wrinkle in the top edge bud barely. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
