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So Long at the Fair

I've been reading an adorable chick lit novel that I was immersed in the last couple of days which I'll be posting a review for in a month.

I was browsing Shelfari for an idea on what to read next and came across So Long at the Fair
The cover of the paperback grabbed me, and the synopsis sounds so interesting!


The bestselling author of Drowning Ruth returns to the small-town Wisconsin she so brilliantly evoked with this gripping novel about love, marriage, and adultery.


In the summer of 1963 a plot for revenge destroys a career, a friendship, and a family. The consequences of the scandalous event continue to reverberate, touching the next generation. Thirty years later, over the course of one day, Jon struggles to decide whether to end his affair or his marriage. His wife, Ginny, moving closer to discovering his adultery, begins working for an older man who is mysteriously connected to their families’ pasts. And Jon’s mistress is being courted by a suitor who may be more menacing than he initially seems. As relationships among the characters ebb and flow on that July day, Christina Schwarz illuminates the ties that bind people together—and the surprising risks they take in the name of love.

As in Drowning Ruth, Schwarz weaves past and present into a richly textured portrait of the secrets and deceptions that simmer beneath everyday life in a small midwestern town. With page-turning intensity and in prose at once lush and precise, she beautifully conjures the emotional labyrinth of a marriage on the brink of collapse and proves that no matter how hard we work to stifle them, the secrets of the past refuse to be ignored.

Betrayal versus loyalty . . . lust versus love . . . infidelity versus honor. Welcome to the complex web of Christina Schwarz’s dazzling new novel, So Long at the Fair.


I can't wait to read this!

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4 comments:

The Bumbles said...

I loved Drowing Ruth. I never searched out the author further - thanks for mentioning this one!

Diane said...

This is one of those titles that has been on and off my list. Thanks to you...it's now back on :)

S. Krishna said...

I've had this one sitting on my shelf for awhile. I do hope you enjoy it and review it, because hopefully that will spur me to do the same!

lilly said...

I do own Drowning Ruth even though I have yet to read it. i didn't even know that the author has another book.

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