Foreign Affairs

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and a finalist for the National Book Award: Alison Lurie’s supremely entertaining masterwork about two American scholars, both alone in London, who find romance in the most unlikely places

Prim, divorced, and middle-aged, Vinnie Miner gave up on love long ago. On her way to London to research a book about children’s folk rhymes—a scholarly pursuit that even her fellow academics sneer at—she finds herself sitting next to the man who will change the course of her life. Brash and naïve, he is a sanitary engineer from Oklahoma on a package vacation.

Also in London is Vinnie’s colleague, the young, handsome English professor Fred Turner. His marriage and self-esteem are both on the rocks, but he is about to find consolation in the arms of the most beautiful actress in England. Stylish and highborn, she introduces Fred to a glamorous, yet eccentric, London scene that he never expected—or prepared—to encounter.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the author’s personal collection.

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“One of this country’s most able and witty novelists . . . Wonderfully stimulating.” —The New York Times
“An ingenious, touching book.” —Newsweek
“A brilliant novel . . . Witty, acerbic, and sometimes fiendishly clever.” —London Evening Standard