The widow's children

Description

"On the eve of their trip to Africa, Laura Maldonada Clapper and her husband, Desmond, sit in a New York City hotel room, drinking scotch-and-sodas and awaiting the arrival of three guests: Clara, Laura's timid daughter from a previous marriage; Carlos, Laura's flamboyant brother; and Peter, a melancholy editor whom Laura hasn't seen for over a year. But what begins as a bon voyage party soon parlays into a bitter, claustrophobic clash of family resentment. From the hotel room to the tony restaurant to which the five embark, Laura presides over the escalating innuendo and hostility with imperial cruelty, for she is hiding the knowledge that her mother, the family matriarch, has died of a heart attack that morning."--BOOK JACKET.

Description

An evening dining out with the family in New York City escalates into a feast of vicious innuendo and subtle cruelty for Laura Maldonado Clapper, her husband, her browbeaten daughter, her flamboyant brother, and an editor she has not seen in over a year.

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• Fiction

Other Editions

• The widow's childrenDutton1976-01-01
• The widow's childrenNorth Point Press1986-01-01
• Paula FoxAudio CassetteAmerican Audio Prose Library1987-06-01
• The widow's childrenW.W. Norton1999-01-01
• Lauras SchweigenHardcoverC.H.Beck2002-02-15
• The Widow's ChildrenPaperbackFlamingo2003-06-16