Infidelity
Story of a romance between two Torontonians, both in committed relationships, that calls into question society's strict definition of right and wrong and examines what it means to be a husband, wife, parent, and human being. Ronnie, a hairdresser with a history of teenage recklessness and mystery childhood illnesses, feels stifled by her secure and comfortable life. Charlie, an anxiety-ridden, award-winning writer, feels suffocated by his literary success and family life with his bread-winning wife and autistic child. When the unlikely pair meet at a holiday party where Ronnie's fiance is the caterer, a torrid affair, which begins on office desks and in Toronto hotel rooms, ensues. Charlie becomes obsessed with the calm of Ronnie's ordinariness, and Ronnie revels in the clandestine secrets and dramatic interludes of an otherwise predictable life. The two live in film scripts and prose, until the entire lie combusts in all its tragic beauty.
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- ISBN: 1770411410
- ISBN: 9781770411418
- Physical Description 227 pages
- Publisher Toronto : ECW Press, [2013]
- Copyright ©2013
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Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 18.95 |
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Summary
Infidelity : A Novel
This novel probes the reckless impulses behind an extramarital affair, from an author who is "an heir to Updike and Cheever" (Robert Wiersema, author of Bedtime Story and Before I Wake ) Ronnie is a hairdresser who has tried to become a better person to please her fiancé -- healthier, well behaved, free of her old bad habits like smoking cigarettes, eating red meat, and indulging in the occasional line of cocaine. As the wedding date approaches -- and the pressure to get pregnant intensifies -- she finds herself with a sense of unsettled yearning. Then, at a party her husband-to-be is catering, she meets Charlie. An anxiety-ridden, award-winning writer, Charlie feels suffocated by his bread-winning wife and the needs of his autistic child. His torrid affair with Ronnie plays out on office desks and in Toronto hotel rooms. Each is getting something from the other, but as the relationship grows ever riskier, they must decide what it is they truly want, and truly need, and what they're willing to sacrifice to get it.