Trophy House: A Novel

Trophy House is an extraordinary and complex novel, at one level a romantic thriller, at another a deeply satisfying story about the disintegration of a marriage and the consequences for all concerned.

It begins with the construction of a totally inappropriate and enormous house-a "trophy house"-which unexpectedly comes to threaten the tranquility of what appears to be one woman's perfect life and marriage.

Dannie Faber has lots of reasons to feel blessed. A children's book illustrator, she...