In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a
model cou-ple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children
and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young
and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And
April never saw herself as a housewife.Yet they have always lived
on the assumption that greatness is only just around the corner.
But now that certainty is about to crumble.
With heartbreaking compassion and remorseless clarity, Richard
Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their spiritual
birthright, betraying not only each other, but their best
selves.