This book struck a chord with me. I can see why it was such a shocking book when it was written. At that time, no one would ever dream of talking about a woman in the upper crust of society not being happy with her husband and children and actually leaving them behind because she loved another man. I enjoyed the fact that it did not all turn out happy and good for everyone too. That is how life is most of the time,I think, and it was refreshing to read it that way. I could sympathize with Edna in her feeling of not belonging to herself and being pulled in 100 different directions by her children and husband and friends. And I admired the way she decided to stop living her life for everyone else and start living it for herself. All in all, a very enjoyable, slightly old fashioned, romantic book with an interesting twist.
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