Gina Frangello gives an intimate account of love, betrayal and the female body
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Apr 27 2021 at 1:25 PM GMT
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- From Eve and her apple to Madame Bovary or the Scarlet Letter, stories of adulterous women have long fascinated and scandalised readers, with most heroines meeting a tragic end.
- Yet author Gina Frangello wanted to avoid telling a cautionary tale with a neat and happy ending, as she recounted the events that shook up her marriage and her sense of self in her unflinching memoir "Blow Down Your House".
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- Published Apr 27, 2021 1:25 PM GMT