Gail L. (divine-ms-m) reviewed on 4/23/2006 + 312 more book reviews

This wonderful, insightful, hilarious story of a classic marriage mismatch reveals Wilcox ( Modern Baptists, Miss Undine's Living Room ) at his best. Fortyish, unmarried Gretchen, of old New York family and money, literally runs into widower Frank Dambar (unaccountably pronounced "Denner") in a souvenir shop in New Orleans. Instant chemistry turns quickly to marriage, she moves into his Tula Springs, Louisiana, home, and though infatuation remains (Frank likes to fantasize that she's a maid), in all other areas of life, the two might as well be from different planets. Devoted old housekeeper Mrs. Howard and odd handyman Leo, as well as the lingering influence of dead wife Jane, add to the household tension.

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