From the bestselling author of The**Carousel and Daybreak**comes a stirring, timely story of adultery and its**impact on the American**family.
Margaret and Adam Crane seem to have a near perfect**life--she's a teacher, he's a computer executive, and**together they are lovingly raising their own**children and Margaret's orphaned niece. Then one day**the phone rings--and suddenly everything changes**forever as a woman from Adam's university days**reappears in his life, and an old affair re-ignites. At**the same time, there are problems in Adam's**workplace--a possible takeover and downsizing. The**reverberations from these two circumstances will touch**many lives and bring with them changes that no one**could have predicted.
In**Promises, Belva Plain--as only she can**do--depicts the fraying fabric of family life in**the wake of extramarital affairs, while at the same**time celebrating the importance of strong and**nurturing family values. Dramatic, compelling, and**always exciting, Belva Plain's storytelling talents**confirm her standing as the foremost chronicler of**family life today.
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Margaret and Adam Crane seem to have a near perfect**life--she's a teacher, he's a computer executive, and**together they are lovingly raising their own**children and Margaret's orphaned niece. Then one day**the phone rings--and suddenly everything changes**forever as a woman from Adam's university days**reappears in his life, and an old affair re-ignites. At**the same time, there are problems in Adam's**workplace--a possible takeover and downsizing. The**reverberations from these two circumstances will touch**many lives and bring with them changes that no one**could have predicted.
In**Promises, Belva Plain--as only she can**do--depicts the fraying fabric of family life in**the wake of extramarital affairs, while at the same**time celebrating the importance of strong and**nurturing family values. Dramatic, compelling, and**always exciting, Belva Plain's storytelling talents**confirm her standing as the foremost chronicler of**family life today.
Promises (Abridged)
From the bestselling author of The**Carousel and Daybreak**comes a stirring, timely story of adultery and its**impact on the American**family.
Margaret and Adam Crane seem to have a near perfect**life--she's a teacher, he's a computer executive, and**together they are lovingly raising their own**children and Margaret's orphaned niece. Then one day**the phone rings--and suddenly everything changes**forever as a woman from Adam's university days**reappears in his life, and an old affair re-ignites. At**the same time, there are problems in Adam's**workplace--a possible takeover and downsizing. The**reverberations from these two circumstances will touch**many lives and bring with them changes that no one**could have predicted.
In**Promises, Belva Plain--as only she can**do--depicts the fraying fabric of family life in**the wake of extramarital affairs, while at the same**time celebrating the importance of strong and**nurturing family values. Dramatic, compelling, and**always exciting, Belva Plain's storytelling talents**confirm her standing as the foremost chronicler of**family life today.
Margaret and Adam Crane seem to have a near perfect**life--she's a teacher, he's a computer executive, and**together they are lovingly raising their own**children and Margaret's orphaned niece. Then one day**the phone rings--and suddenly everything changes**forever as a woman from Adam's university days**reappears in his life, and an old affair re-ignites. At**the same time, there are problems in Adam's**workplace--a possible takeover and downsizing. The**reverberations from these two circumstances will touch**many lives and bring with them changes that no one**could have predicted.
In**Promises, Belva Plain--as only she can**do--depicts the fraying fabric of family life in**the wake of extramarital affairs, while at the same**time celebrating the importance of strong and**nurturing family values. Dramatic, compelling, and**always exciting, Belva Plain's storytelling talents**confirm her standing as the foremost chronicler of**family life today.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169266955 |
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| Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
| Publication date: | 07/05/2000 |
| Edition description: | Abridged |
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