The Marriage Plot

The Marriage PlotA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review NPR The New Republic Salon The Seattle Times Houston Chronicle The Miami Herald Publisher's Weekly "Remind[s] us with uncommon understanding what it is to be young and idealistic, in pursuit of true love, and in love with books and ideas."Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A grand romance in the Austen tradition."USA Today Are the great

Harry August is on his deathbed

In this vanishing world of relish trays and brandy old-fashioneds

It is a perfect August morning

As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina

twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life’s complexities all by herself

announces he doesn’t need Jake’s help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing

she has no choice but to return to the hometown she always wanted to escape

You fall to the level of your systems

one-of-a-kind

and “inspirational study in the definition of character” (Kevin Smith

that launched Tana French

Millie Fleur finds it enchanting