MORALITY TALE : A NOVEL

When this novel's unnamed narrator meets the elusive but exciting Richard, he offers her a friendly escape from her dreary domestic life. Burdened by her husband's ongoing negotiations with his angry ex-wife, the strains of looking after two stepchildren, and the lingering ghost of her own past betrayals, she finds that the life of a "second marry er" leaves much to be desired. As their friendshi pdevelops, so grows the shadow cast over her marriage.