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One of Edith Wharton's later novels.
Kate Clephane has lived on the French Riviera since being exiled from New York where she eloped with her lover.
Left behind was Kate's young daughter Anne.
We move on twenty years when Anne sends a telegram asking her mother back after the death of her grandmother.
She settles back down to life in New York.
The joy is soon threatened by the reappearance of the only man Kate had truly loved.
Very gripping story.
A tale of secrets which leads us to a surprising ending ...more
Kate Clephane has lived on the French Riviera since being exiled from New York where she eloped with her lover.
Left behind was Kate's young daughter Anne.
We move on twenty years when Anne sends a telegram asking her mother back after the death of her grandmother.
She settles back down to life in New York.
The joy is soon threatened by the reappearance of the only man Kate had truly loved.
Very gripping story.
A tale of secrets which leads us to a surprising ending ...more
After reading "The Age of Innocence", "The House of Mirth", and "Custom the Country" I thought I'd read the best of Wharton. Not So! Wharton is always exemplary in portraying upper class New Yorkers and their staid customs. Some things are de rigueur and others just aren't allowed. Unlike her earlier gilded age settings "Recompense" takes place post World War I and there are cars, easier travel within and without the country, telephones provide easier communication. In her early twenties Kate ra
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