In the Light of Men - by Sam Desmond (Hardcover)
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- Belén Aguilar has spent her life dreaming of British lineage and family prestige.In marrying Patrick Stratton-Delaney, she moves to his idyllic town of Carel, where she becomes a reporter for the local paper.Carel, located on the south shore of Long Island and a 90-minute train ride to Manhattan, becomes the almost-English-countryside home of Belén's dreams.Euphoric over painting and highlighting the tight-knit community's stories, Belén internally struggles with her self-deprecation and machinations of being sub-par for Carel.In her stories and dalliances, she seeks to be in the light of men to outshine her self-doubt.
- Author(s): Sam Desmond
- 228 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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Belén Aguilar has spent her life dreaming of British lineage and family prestige. In her stories and dalliances, she seeks to be in the light of men to outshine her self-doubt.
Book Synopsis
Belén Aguilar has spent her life dreaming of British lineage and family prestige.
In marrying Patrick Stratton-Delaney, she moves to his idyllic town of Carel, where she becomes a reporter for the local paper.
Carel, located on the south shore of Long Island and a 90-minute train ride to Manhattan, becomes the almost-English-countryside home of Belén's dreams.
Euphoric over painting and highlighting the tight-knit community's stories, Belén internally struggles with her self-deprecation and machinations of being sub-par for Carel.
In her stories and dalliances, she seeks to be in the light of men to outshine her self-doubt.