Almost Perfect (Thorndike Large Print Americana Series.) - Hardcover

Adams, Alice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786201800 ISBN 13: 9780786201808

Publisher: Thorndike, 1994

Synopsis

Richard Fallon and Stella Blake, a seemingly perfect couple living in San Francisco in the 1980s, head for a crash when Richard's erratic personality deteriorates into madness

About this title

From the Inside Flap

"[A] sharp, spare novel written by a wonderful, observant writer."
COSMOPOLITAN
Richard and Stella balance each other almost perfectly. Sometimes he drinks too much, gets too loud, or is too quick to anger. Stella also knows how generous he can be, too, but she begins to wonder if their violent fights and passionate reconciliations point to a deeper problem that Richard doesn't even suspect. There is something terribly wrong with the two of them together, even if everyone else thinks they are almost perfect....
From the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Alice Adams, born in Virginia and educated at Radcliffe College, is the author of ten highly praised novels. Her short stories have appeared in twenty-two O. Henry Award scollections and several volumes of Best American Short Stories. She has been the recipient of an Academy and Institute Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Ms. Adams' other novels include Superior Women, a New York Times bestseller, and Medicine Men, both published by Washington Square Press. She lives in San Francisco.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786201800
• ISBN 13: 9780786201808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cover Art
• Number of pages: 378