As a mother and housewife Karen Barrett believes herself to be happy in herinsulated life with her son and husband. When she meets the murderer DavidJackson how... » 

As a mother and housewife Karen Barrett believes herself to be happy in herinsulated life with her son and husband. When she meets the murderer DavidJackson however she begins to feel the strain of her limited life. In herdesire to recapture the life she fears she has lost Karen initiates an affairwith David. Karens pursuit of David is nothing less than her search forfreedom and a meaningful destiny and she quickly learns that such an affairmust be more than a dalliance. In A Deep Purple Falls Patricia Khazaeli teststhe limits of the human potential for freedom. Karens affair cannot be endeduntil she discovers the deepest portals of the psyche that once opened aredifficult to close. «