The Woman Destroyed berest and forced to confront pain

and forced to confront pain in some of its most heartbreaking forms

downtrodden people

January will write something bleak and profound

but this one might be the deepest of all

The Woman Destroyed berest and forced to confront painThese three long stories draw us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises. In the title story, the heroine's serenity is shattered when she learns that her husband is having an affair. In "The Age of Discretion," a successful, happily married professor finds herself increasingly distressed by her son's absorption in his young wife and her worldly values. In "The Monologue," a rich, spoiled woman, home