Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing, hardcover. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A fine tight copy in a fine unflawed dust jacket which is now protected in an archival cover. Appears to be unread.

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Marshall has the essential novelist’s gift, the creation of vivid characters,” said the New York Times. In her new novel, she has again created a cast both real and vibrant. At sixty-three, Judge Gregory Brennan is on the brink of retirement. With his youngest daughter headed for college, he envisions traveling abroad, basking in a repose that his demanding career has not allowed, with his wife, Audrey, at his side. But Audrey has other ambitions. At forty-nine, she sees the mythic empty nest as an opportunity to explore her own potential — as a medical student. When Audrey reveals her plans, Greg-ory is overwhelmed, and he emotionally retreats, causing a rift that neither one of them ever anticipated. Marshall has been praised for her insight into the complexities of modern marriage, capturing it as “an institution about competing needs and shifting wants” (Baltimore Sun). In THE COURT OF COMMOM PLEAS, marriage is not unlike the general trial court where Gregory presides. But the ruling in Gregory and Audrey’s own case remains to be seen. Can their disparate life plans be mediated and their differences reconciled? Marshall offers a nuanced portrait of a marriage in the throes of a midlife crisis and reveals, with an encompassing kindness, the tenderness, frustration, bewilderment, and ultimately the joy of a marriage willed to endure.

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Bookseller: Books Again, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4472
Title: The Court of Common Pleas
Author: Marshall, Alexandra
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0395967945
ISBN 13: 9780395967942
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 2001

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