Mr Emerson's Wife

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: St.Martin's Griffin
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 328 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Lidian Attends A Reception For A Popular Philosopher Who Becomes Charmed By Her, And When He Proposes A Few Weeks Later She Is Undecided Whether To Accept.

Publishers Description: In this novel about Ralph Waldo Emersons wife, Lidian, Amy Belding Brown examines the emotional landscape of love and marriage. Living in the shadow of one of the most famous men of her time, Lidian becomes deeply disappointed by marriage, but consigned to public silence by social conventions and concern for her children and her husbands reputation. Drawn to the erotic energy and intellect of close family friend Henry David Thoreau, she struggles to negotiate the confusing territory between love and friendship while maintaining her moral authority and inner strength. In the course of the book, she deals with overwhelming social demands, faces devastating personal loss, and discovers the deepest meaning of love. Lidian eventually discovers the truth of her own character and learns that even our faults can lead us to independence.

ISBN: 9780312336387