cover image Ivory Bright

Ivory Bright

Elaine Ford. Penguin Books, $6.95 (229pp) ISBN 978-0-14-008497-9

Ivory Bright, 31 and spirited, falls in love with Raymond Bartlett, a stuffy, 53-year-old banker cared for since his teens by his housekeeper, Lillian. This is the story of the couple's love and passion and the bewilderment of those, like Lillian, who are left behind. ""Beguiling,'' PW noted. (May)