Synopses & Reviews
It began almost like a fairy tale. Plain Jane and Prince Charming met in college, fell in love, and were married soon after graduation. She shelved her dreams of a career as a painter to help him through medical school, and to be the perfect doctor's wife. He became a successful plastic surgeon and they had two beautiful children together.
But real life is no fairy tale. Suspecting there was another woman behind his erratic schedule, she went to his office to confront him. What happens that night leads to the end of a marriage and the breakup of a family.
Like Whispers, Belva Plain's novel about spousal abuse, After The Fire deals with one of the more provocative issues of our time: the battle of child custody as a woman finds herself overpowered by her husband's ruthless actions. Here is the story of one such woman who, in the aftermath of an ugly divorce, alone must rebuild her world, find the strength and wherewithal to live in it, and regain a life with her children.
Only Belva Plain, with her insight into the American family and the hearts of those who comprise it, could create a novel like this, showing that sometimes even real life can have a happy ending.
Synopsis
For the first time in paperback comes bestselling author Belva Plain's provocative and heartbreaking novel "After the Fire". Having begun with Evergreen in 1978, after twenty-two years and sixteen bestselling novels, Belva Plain's storytelling magic glows brighter than ever.
About the Author
Belva Plain is the author of Fortune's Hand, Legacy of Silence, Homecoming, Secrecy, Promises, The Carousel, Daybreak, Whispers, Treasures, Harvest, Blessings, Tapestry, The Golden Cup, Crescent City, Eden Burning, Random Winds, and Evergreen. She lives in northern New Jersey.