Life Drawing
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"Augusta and Owen are living a quiet country life of companionship and artistic creation--she a painter, he a writer--until Alison, a beautiful British woman, moves in to the previously unoccupied cottage next door. As Gus and Owen's life becomes intertwined with Alison's, past betrayals, losses, and new desires come to a head. A remarkably insightful, gorgeously written, unforgettable portrait of a marriage, of mature love, of desire, of regret, and forgiveness, this is a "a magnificent literary achievement" (Karen Russell) by a writer working at the top of her form" --
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A friend recommended this novel to me because it's about an artist who has an affair. That's the extent of the similarities between this book and the novel I'm currently writing, but I was taken by the relationship between the artist and her husband as they struggle to deal with the aftermath of that affair. The book is ultimately about love and family, however flawed, and the story is told in beautiful, fluid prose.
