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Red Dress, Aug 2003, 13.95, 400 pp.
ISBN: 0373250339
In London Alicia Kingston sits at the café feeling miserable about anything and everything. Her husband and their three children insist it comes with the territory of closing in on forty, but Ali thinks it is more than just that. When Christian the street artist, who is closer in age to her teenage daughter than to her, hits on her by drawing her, Ali feels the first stir of excitement in eons. Ali walks away only to return at lunch seeking Christian, who is also there searching for her. They leave together as Ali does the unthinkable and plays hooky from work and soon even more unimaginable they make love.
She sees her action as A MINOR DISCRETION, but her spouse Ed the promotion video maker thinks this is the Mount Everest of affairs. He tosses her out so Ali goes to Christian while Ed considers affairs with women just over his daughter's age. As family members led by a four year old general try bringing the estranged couple together, fate forces Ed and Ali to make a decision whether to reconcile or not.
Though the story sounds quite simple, Carole Matthews has written a complex tale due to the switching narration between the lead triangle and a third person external voice. Once readers adapt to the perspective, fans will fully appreciate a powerful character study of a couple on the verge of middle age in matrimonial crisis. The prime trio and the three children seem genuine though the youngest is too wise at times for a preschooler. Still Ms. Matthews provides an insightful relationship drama.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
Forbidden/mismatched love?
Yes
How mismatched?
- old gal loving young guy
Love Triangles/Polygons
Yes
What kind:
- one woman-two men
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- seduction of someone else's wife
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- artist
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 40's-50's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
Focus of story
- equally on 3 in a l-triangle
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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