Omnibus Author:Anita Shreve Two books in one volume. — Strange Fits of Passion: Maureen English, a successful New York journalist, appears to have the perfect life and family. But her husband has a tendency towards alcohol, and violent abuse. When the situation becomes unbearable, Maureen take her daughter and flees. In a Maine fishing town she assumes a new identity and sp... more »ends six weeks battling sub-zero temperatures, intrusive townsfolk and fear of discovery. Against the force of the wintry sea Maureen settles into the rhythms of life. But this calming respite is about to come crashing to an end...
Where or When: When Charles Callahan chances on a newspaper photograph of Sian Richards, a woman he loved when they were both only thirteen, he is hardly in a position to do anything about it. He has been faithfully married for years, but Charles cannot bear his curiosity, and decides to get in touch. Three decades after they last saw each other, the two lovers meet and are focred to come to terms with the nature of erotic love and betrayal and moral quandaries in an age of shifting values.« less