Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview… a privileged Californian who is receiving a crash course in the sexual mores of French culture. Currently visiting her sister in Paris, Isabel is at a crossroads in her life– she is enticed by the refinement of Paris, but is also intimidated by its rules and customs. Her sister has already suffered the disgrace of being cheated on by her impulsive French husband, yet Isabel does not heed the warning. Isabel wants to make her own mistakes.
Personality… sophisticated and wry. Isabel has a talent for fitting in with French society. Her stunning good looks make up for her inability to speak or understand the language. Isobel is a confident American, beguiled by the old world.
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While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
"If one were to cross Jane Austen and Henry James, the result would be Diane Johnson."—San Francisco Chronicle
The national bestseller and inspiration for the major motion picture starring Naomi Watts and Kate Hudson!
Called "stylish... refreshing... genuinely wise” by The New York Times Book Review, this delightful comedy of manners and morals, money, marriage, and murder follows smart, sexy, and impeccably dressed American Isabel Walker as she lands in Paris to visit her stepsister Roxy, a poet whose marriage to an aristocratic French painter has assured her a coveted place in Parisian society—until her husband leaves her for the wife of an American lawyer. Could "le divorce" be far behind? Can irrepressible Isabel keep her perspective (and her love life) intact as cultures and human passions collide?
"Social comedy at its best" (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Le Divorce is Diane Johnson at her most scintillating and sublime.
