The biggest lies are the ones we tell ourselves.
After
eighteen years of marriage, Kathy Walker has settled into a pattern of
comfortable routines—ferrying her two teenagers between soccer practice
and piano lessons, supporting her husband, Robert, in the running of
their film production business, and taking care of the beautiful Boston
home they share. Then one day, Kathy discovers a suspicious number on
her husband’s phone. Six years before, Kathy accused Robert of
infidelity—a charge he vehemently denied—and almost destroyed their
marriage in the process.
Now Kathy must decide whether to
follow her suspicions at the risk of losing everything, or trust the man
with whom she’s entwined her past, present, and future. As she grapples
with that choice, she is confronted with surprising truths not just
about her relationship, but about her friends, family, and her own
motivations.
Skillfully crafted and deeply insightful, The Affair
sensitively explores the complexities of love and the challenge of ever
knowing another person fully, even as we endeavor to understand our own
deepest longings.
“An addictive page-turner, as three
ordinary people are caught in an extraordinary triangle of love, sex,
and commitment.”–Jackie Collins
About Colette Freedman:
Colette Freedman is an internationally produced playwright with over 15 produced plays, including Sister Cities, which was the hit of the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe. She has co written, with international bestselling novelist Jackie Collins, the play Jackie Collins Hollywood Lies. In collaboration with the New York Times bestselling author Michael Scott, she has co-written the thriller The Thirteen Hallows.