Ordinary Love And Good Will - Hardcover

Smiley, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394577728 ISBN 13: 9780394577722

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989

Synopsis

Two novellas--"Ordinary Love," about a woman whose loses custody of her children because of a brief love affair, and "Good Will," in which one man's created paradise blinds him to his family's disintegration

About this title

From the Publisher:

"Good Will" is by far my favorite short story. Telling the story of a man moving his family to a farm in search of simplicity, Jane Smiley creates a sharp examination of human nature, culminating in a devastating last scene that I will never forget.

From the Inside Flap:

"Smiley's stories lucidly explore the complexities of contemporary sexual and dometic life...the emotional and moral complexity that she uncovers in the characters of these resonant novellas confirms Jane Smiley's singular talent. ORDINARY LOVE AND GOOD WILL is an extraordinary achievement."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
ORDINARY LOVE
At a reunion with her grown children, a woman recalls the long-ago affair that ended her relationship with their father--and changed all their lives irrevoccably.
GOOD WILL
Despite the carefully self-sufficient life he has designed for his small family, a man discovers that even the right choices have unexpected consequences--sometimes heart-breaking ones.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0394577728
• ISBN 13: 9780394577722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 197