THE ANGRY WIFE

by John Sedges ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 25, 1947

Perhaps not as exciting a discovery as John Sedges' earlier book, The Townsman, but absorbingly interesting and very different, showing that this writer cannot be pigeon-holed. Here is the story of two brothers, who had fought on opposite sides in the Civil War, and had come back to the newly created state of West Virginia, to reestablish their broken lives, at Malvern, their beloved home. But there they found that their paths had parted in more ways than one. Pierce is ambitious for his lovely, intolerant wife, Lucinda; for Malvern, for their children; Tom falls in love with a lovely mulatto, a former slave, who saves his life- and gives him children. The choice must be made- the brothers part -- but the link is always there, stronger than hate. There's a strange immediacy about the problems :- race problems- union problems- problems of communism. But somehow, there's an unreality in these analogies, while the conflict of personalities seems intensely real and holding.

Pub Date: Sept. 25, 1947

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: John Day

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1947

Categories: FICTION