WIVES AND LOVERS

by Margaret Millar ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 24, 1954

Some cross purposes, along with some very cross people, entangle the lives of a chain-reactioned group in a California coastal town. The Fosters feud and Gordon, D.D.S., is pursued by young Ruby; he turns to his assistant, Hazel, for an assist to ward off his wife's vicious pursuit. Hazel gets Ruby a job with her ex-husband, George, only to learn that George has tumbled for Ruby's uncaring charms. Hazel's cousin, Ruth, not too well on the balance mentally, adds to the confusion so that when, during fiesta, Gordon really walks out, it is Hazel who is left to pick up the pieces. He speeds Gordon and Ruby on their way, only to have George land right back in her arms. Not played for farce, and not particularly for sympathy, this does once in a while have a compic aspect in its accumulation of petty spites and numbing fabrications. The psychological basis will stand up -- but the interest may fall down.

Pub Date: May 24, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Random House

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1954

Categories: FICTION