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On a hot midsummer morning after sixteen years of marriage Jane saw herhusband fifty feet away and did not recognise him. Alan has changed becausehes injured his back. Pain has altered his appearance but he has also changedin other ways he has become glum and demanding. Jane has to do everything forhim fetching carrying shopping cooking even dressing and undressing him.When she longs for escape her mother accuses her of selfishness of courseshe cant abandon a man so handicapped and needy. Meanwhile Henry cares in adifferent way for his selfcentred wife Delia a writer of fairytales who inher own estimation is a Great Artist. Can sexy Delia with her trailingscarves and lacy shirts coax Alan out of his grumpiness? Can Henry stop Janefeeling guilty?Alan Mackenzies bad back is ruining both his and his wife Janes lives. After years of happy marriage these two attractive and intelligent people have stopped making love and are starting to resent each other. However the arrival of a new couple in town the beautiful and egotistical writer Delia and her cynical husband Henry heralds a period of dramatic change for the Mackenzies. «
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