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Astonished when her seemingly devoted husband is found murdered in a prostitute's apartment, Susie, a mother of four-year-old triplets, bristles at her neighbors' mixed reactions and tackles everyone from her husband's partners to the DA to restore her family's honor.

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Main Author: Isaacs, Susan, 1943-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2010.
Edition:1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Plastic surgeons > Crimes against > Fiction.
Husbands > Death > Fiction.
Physicians' spouses > Fiction.
Jewish women > Fiction.
Mothers > Fiction.
Suburban life > Fiction.
Bereavement > Psychological aspects > Fiction.
Long Island (N.Y.) > Fiction.
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Summary:Astonished when her seemingly devoted husband is found murdered in a prostitute's apartment, Susie, a mother of four-year-old triplets, bristles at her neighbors' mixed reactions and tackles everyone from her husband's partners to the DA to restore her family's honor.
Physical Description:342 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781416573012
1416573011
9781416573081 (pbk.)
1416573089 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Susan Isaacs was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 7, 1943. She graduated from Queens College and began her literary career as an administrative assistant at Seventeen magazine. Freelance writing and writing political speeches for Long Island politicians filled her spare time while she was home raising her children in the 1970s. Her first novel, Compromising Positions, was published in 1978 and adapted into a movie of the same title that starred Susan Sarandon and Raul Julia. Her other novels include Almost Paradise, Magic Hour, After All These Years, and Lily White. She wrote and co-produced the movie Hello Again which starred Shelley Long, Gabriel Byrne, and Judith Ivey. Her novel, Shining Through, was adapted into a movie starring Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith and Liam Neeson.

She covered the 2000 presidential campaign for Newsday. She also reviewed books for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Newsday. She has won numerous awards including the Writers for Writers Award, the Marymount Manhattan Writing Center Award, and the John Steinbeck Award.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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