Ebook {Epub PDF} The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields

The Age of Desire is a historical fiction novel about Edith Wharton. Edith was one of the first truly successful women authors and her books dealt with the hypocrisies of the upper class system, mostly relating to women. She is most famous because she was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in literature for The Age of bltadwin.ru by: 3. Atomic Love. A novel of science, love, espionage, beautiful writing, and a heroine who carves a strong path in the world of men there is nothing left to want –ANN PATCHETT. “Somewhere between the repressiveness of Edith Wharton’s earlyth-century Age of Innocence and our own libertine Shades of Grey era lies the absorbingly sensuous world of Jennie Fields’s The Age of Desire along with the overheated romance and the middle-age passion it so accurately describes, The Age of Desire also offers something simpler and quieter: a tribute to the enduring power of female /5(98).

The Age of Desire Paperback Tour! Coming right up and coming to a city near you! If you live nearby these cities, or know people who do, I hope you'll let them know about my readings. I'd love to meet all of you! TUES MAY 28 TH - pm. Cuyahoga Public Library. WED MAY 29 TH - pm. On a panel "Edith Wharton Real and. The Age of Desire Book Group Guide; Contact; The Age of Desire Book Group Guide. Discussion starters for The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields. Want to invite Jennie to your reading group? Please fill out the invitation form! Have you read any of Edith Wharton's books? How has reading this book altered your perception of her or her work? the age of desire by Jennie Fields ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 2, Joining the burgeoning genre of novels concerning famous people's unknown subordinates, Fields (The Middle Ages, , etc.) offers a fictionalized account of Edith Wharton's troubled love life in large part through the eyes of her former governess and lifelong secretary.

“Somewhere between the repressiveness of Edith Wharton’s earlyth-century Age of Innocence and our own libertine Shades of Grey era lies the absorbingly sensuous world of Jennie Fields’s The Age of Desire along with the overheated romance and the middle-age passion it so accurately describes, The Age of Desire also offers something simpler and quieter: a tribute to the enduring power of female friendship.”. THE AGE OF DESIRE. by Jennie Fields ‧RELEASE DATE: Aug. 2, Joining the burgeoning genre of novels concerning famous people's unknown subordinates, Fields (The Middle Ages, , etc.) offers a fictionalized account of Edith Wharton’s troubled love life in large part through the eyes of her former governess and lifelong secretary, Anna Bahlmann. With astonishing tenderness and immediacy, The Age of Desire portrays the interwoven lives of Edith Wharton and Anna Bahlmann, her governess, secretary, and close friend. By focusing on these two women from vastly different backgrounds, Jennie Fields miraculously illuminates an entire era I gained insight into both Wharton's monumental work and her personal struggles-and I was filled with regret that I'd finished reading so soon.