Where All The Ladders Start [ Uncorrected Advance Proof]

David Lyman, an almost-middle-aged California composer, enters a passionate affair with a young, brilliant music student from Georgia, with surprising results

Here is well-thought-out novel containing real people with whom many readers will identify. David and Jane are reasonably happily married fortyish professionals, successful and settled. For no apparent reason except boredom and that epidemic of the Eighties, "mid-life crisis," David has an affair with much younger Ginny. They fall in love, but David still loves Jane and their son, and Ginny remains involved with her boyfriend. Not surprisingly, David is confused. If this sounds all to predictable and familiar, it should be remembered that a trite story is no cliche to the individuals involved, and there are surely many like-minded souls out there who have much in common with David. Such readers will appreciate Loewinsohn's careful, thoughtful treatment of his dilemma. Mary K. Prokop, CEL Regional Lib., Savannah, Ga.
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