Midnight Champagne (Mysteries & Horror) - Softcover

Ansay, A. Minette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 038072975X ISBN 13: 9780380729753

Publisher: Avon Books, 2000

Synopsis

April Liesgang and Caleb Shannon have known each other for just three short months, so their Valentine's Day wedding at a chapel near the shores of Lake Michigan has both families in an uproar. As the festivities unfold (and the cash bar opens), everyone has an opinion and a lively prediction about April and Caleb's union, each the reflection of a different marital experience.

Meanwhile, at the nearby Hideaway Lodge, a domestic quarrel ends in tragedy. As April and Caleb's life together begins, death parts another man and woman in angry violence--and as the two stories gradually intersect, their juxtaposition explores the tangled roots of vulnerability and desire.

By the time the last polka has been danced and the bouquet tossed, Midnight Champagne has cast an extraordinary spell. From the novel's opening epigraph from Chekhov--"If you fear loneliness, then marriage is not for you"--to its final moments in the honeymoon suite, A. Manette Ansay weaves tenderness and fury, passion and wonder into a startling tapestry of love in all its paradox and power.

About this title

Review:

"An entertaining tale about love and compromise".

The New Yorker

"Spellbinding...Ansay joins the ranks of our best storytellers."--"San Francisco Chronicle"An entertaining tale about love and compromise."--"The New Yorker

Book Description:

A touching, passionate and heartfelt story about a young couple determined to find happiness in the teeth of life's disappointments and tragedies, and their families' disapproval.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 038072975X
• ISBN 13: 9780380729753
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240