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A great marriage [large print] : a novel / Frances Mayes.

Mayes, Frances, (author.).

Summary:

"Dara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. If love at first sight can happen, it happens to them. These two vivid, ambitious people are on different courses--he's British, working temporarily in New York. She's from North Carolina, set on law school. They don't care. They will make their lives together happen. At their April engagement dinner at Dara's family home, her mother, Lee, sets a beautiful table, and the family and close friends gather to celebrate. Rich, Dara's father, raises a toast. Suddenly, Lee spills the wine, a brilliant red stain splashing onto the tablecloth and onto Austin. Days later, Austin hears unsettling news from London that wrecks their plans. Dara abruptly cancels the wedding. She refuses to reveal the reason, disrupting their family tradition of openness. As everyone knows, Lee and Rich have a great marriage, and Charlotte, her grandmother, had a colossal one, to the late Senator Mann. Charlotte literally wrote the book on the subject: She's the author of international bestsellers on what makes a good--or possibly great--marriage. While Dara escapes to California and Indigo Island, South Carolina, Austin, back in London, faces a major tragedy, the consequences of which are life-altering. But it's Lee, Dara's mother, whose impulsive visit to London alters their fate."-- Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9798891643727
  • Physical Description: 423 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2025.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"...published in the year 2025 by arrangement with Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-422).
Subject:
Marriage > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Life change events > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
British > United States > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
North Carolina > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction.
Genre:
Large print books.
Domestic fiction.
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 21 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library LP FIC MAYES (Text) 36015000472312 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library LP FIC MAYES (Text) 36015000472304 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library LP FIC MAYES (Text) 36015000472247 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -

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