01831cam a2200337 i 4500 1670630426 TxAuBib 20241023120000.0 240212s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024006257 9780593498989 acid-free paper 0593498984 acid-free paper TxAuBib rda Mayes, Frances, author. A great marriage : a novel / Frances Mayes. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2024] 320 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Dara Willcox, up in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. ... These two vivid, ambitious people are on different trajectories: he's British, working temporarily in New York. She's set on law school. They don't care. They will make their lives together happen. At their engagement dinner at Dara's family home, her mother Lee sets a beautiful table and the family and close friends gather to celebrate. Rich, Dara's father, raises a toast. Suddenly, Lee spills the wine, a brilliant red stain splashing onto the tablecloth and onto Austin. Days later, Austin hears unsettling news from London that threatens to wreck his plans. When Dara learns of the problem, she abruptly cancels the wedding. She refuses to reveal the reason"-- Provided by publisher. 20241023. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Betrothal Fiction. Marriage Fiction. Pregnant women Fiction. British New York (State) New York Fiction. New York (N.Y.) Fiction. Romance fiction. lcgft