![]() She changes the name, but it's that place. Amherst College, Mass., is where Lurie's husband taught 1957-61. ![]() They are light to read, yet share a lot of insight into people, and there's plenty you can think about. Altho she is nearly a generation older than me, I still like all her books. A perfect subject for Alison Lurie's acute powers of observation and cosmic sophistication, "Love and Friendship" is a candid distillation of both purities and impurities of human nature.moreġ962, her first novel. A fire, a student riot, academic struggles and scandals, and some amateur witchcraft all form a backdrop to the lover's transgression.But there are very few secrets that can remain intact on a small New England campus-and the shocking, unforseen consequences of their affair will effectively shatter Emmy's most cherished, long held delusions about friendship, romance, and the ties that bind. However, five years in a marriage devoid of passion and virtuosity is enough to propel Emmy, despite herself, into an affair with cocky, silver-tongued Will Thomas, a music instructor at Convers College and a self-confessed libertine. A fire, a student riot, academic struggles and scandals, and some am Faculty wife Emily Stockwell Turner is beautiful, rich, and principled. ![]() Faculty wife Emily Stockwell Turner is beautiful, rich, and principled.
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