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After the fire a novel

A "perfect" marriage dissolves when the wife makes a tragic mistake and her husband uses it to gain custody of their children.

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  • "After the fire : a novel"@en

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  • "A "perfect" marriage dissolves when the wife makes a tragic mistake and her husband uses it to gain custody of their children."@en
  • "When a doctor's wife discovers her husband's betrayal, the ugly divorce leads to the building of a new life for her family."@en
  • "What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves?In her stunning new novel, New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain penetrates a shattered marriage to explore one of the most provocative issues of our time. Once again Plain proves herself the writer who sets the standard for family stories in a novel that is at once harrowing and deeply moving. Gerald and Hyacinth had the kind of marriage others envied. She was a beautiful artist. He was a brilliant plastic surgeon. Theirs was a comfortable, happy home with two wonderful children. Then whispers of betrayal tainted Hy's perfect marriage. And in one terrible night she commits an act she will regret for the rest of her life. An act that gives Gerald the ultimate weapon: blackmail. The price of his silence is uncontested custody of their two children. When her own beautiful, angry mother wants to know why she won't fight for custody, Hy can give no answers. But deep in her heart, Hy knows there is one question she must answer if she wants to free herself from a life of lies: What really happened that terrible night? Only then can she reclaim her children, her pride, her life. at last."
  • "What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves? In her unsparing evocation of a family in crisis, Belva Plain goes to the heart of a marriage between a naive young artist and her handsome phycian husband. At first, everything is idyllic. Then one terrible night she commits an act she will regret for the rest of her life. An act that gives her husband the ultimate weapon: blackmail."@en
  • "What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves? At first the marriage of a naïve young artist and her handsome physician husband appears idyllic. Then one terrible night she commits an act she will regret for the rest of her life."@en
  • "Gerald, a well-respected plastic surgeon, and Hyacinth enjoy an idyllic marriage with two children. But in the aftermath of a fire at Gerald's office, Hyacinth finds herself in a desperate struggle for custody of her son and daughter."@en
  • "A mother commits an act that allows her husband to blackmail her into giving him uncontested custody of their children."
  • "A mother commits an act that allows her husband to blackmail her into giving him uncontested custody of their children."@en
  • "Gerald, a well respected plastic surgeon, and Hyacinth enjoy an idyllic marriage with two children. But in the aftermath of a fire at Gerald's office, Hyacinth finds herself in a desperate struggle for custody of her son and daughter."
  • "Gerald and Hyacinth enjoy an idyllic marriage. Until a fire when Hyacinth finds herself in a struggle for custody of her children. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language."@en
  • "Tale of a battle for child custody as a woman finds herself overpowered by her husband's ruthless actions. A woman, in the aftermath of an ugly divorce, must rebuild her world and regain a life with her children."@en
  • "After a beginning like a fairy tale, the marriage of Hyacinth and Gerald ends with betrayal. In the battle for child custody, Hyacinth finds herself overpowered by her husband's ruthless actions and who, alone, must rebuild her world and regain a life with her children."
  • "A woman goes through an agonizing child custody battle after the breakup of her marriage to a successful plastic surgeon."

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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Domestic fiction"@en
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  • "After the fire abridged"@en
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