ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
Ellen Sussman, . . Warner, $23.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-446-53141-2
In Sussman's heart-wrenching debut, two former high school classmates take a second chance at love, despite one partner's terminal cancer. Resisting the impulse to descend into bathos, Sussman shows remarkable restraint in her depiction of a love affair that transforms a dying woman's last days into a celebration of life. When Luke Bellingham, an acclaimed screenwriter in his 40s, agrees to become "Finder of Lost Souls" for his 25th high school reunion, the only lost classmate he really wants to find is the enigmatic Blair Clemens, whose gang rape at 17 inspired his Oscar-winning screenplay,
Reviewed on: 01/19/2004
Genre: Fiction
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-1-58621-589-7
Open Ebook - 157 pages - 978-0-446-59159-1
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Other - 978-0-446-50601-4
Paperback - 298 pages - 978-0-446-69362-2