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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Dick Driver is a psychiatrist with a crazy, though rich wife. They travel together around France and don't seem to know what to do with themselves.

Driver meets a young actress who is taken with him, but it not until five years later, that the two become involved. Neither is in love, and Driver seems to have forgotten about his wife and children, so, once again, another sad story.
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Aug 14, 2012 rated it really liked it
Young, beautiful and a successful movie star , Rosemary meets a group a friends on a Riviera beach and is immediately included in their parties and gossip. It doesn't take long before she's under the spell of the group leaders, Dick and Nicole Diver, a pair who exude confidence and happiness, but Rosemary has been schooled by Mother to go after what she wants, so the young actress pursues the much older psychiatric doctor, exposing the secrets that have kept his marriage and career limping along ...more
Stefanie
Dick und Nicole Diver sind auf den ersten Blick wohl ein ganz normales Paar. Doch wer genauer hinsieht, kann erkennen, dass Nicole psychische Probleme hat und sich Dicks Umgang mit Alkohol langsam zur Abhängigkeit entwickelt. Auch als Leser erfährt man diese Dinge erst nach und nach, da der erste Teil des Buches aus der Sicht der jungen Schauspielerin Rosemary erzählt wird, die das Paar bei ihrem Urlaub kennenlernt und etwas Zeit mit ihnen verbringt. Im zweiten Teil des Buches erfährt man dann v ...more
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Not my favorite by Fitzgerald.
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