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Book Review of All He Ever Wanted

All He Ever Wanted
All He Ever Wanted
Author: Anita Shreve
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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from Publisher's Weekly:
Escaping from a New Hampshire hotel fire at the turn of the 20th century, Prof. Nicholas Van Tassel catches sight of Etna Bliss and is instantly smitten. She does not reciprocate his feeling, for she has her own unrequited lust, for freedom and independence. That they marry guarantees tragedy.

Anita Shreve is a great contemporary writer who understands the human heart and its foibles.