It is above all a love story, told from the perspective and discretion that an enduring love affair, by its very nature, imposes; even as a long marriage, by reason of its nature, may suffer attrition and tedium.
Wives and mistresses can learn much from one another, if they will. Might they even not be one and the same woman?
Here readers will find aspects of themselves that are frequently dismissed or ignored: The value of exclusivity; the influence of money as power to act; the excitement in not telling everything; the priority of the self, if only because nobody can love a non-person. In short, a book for all seasons of love.
