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Book • 2006
Mrs.
Lidcote returns from Florence to America after 18 years, fearing social ostracism for her daughter Leila's divorce and quick remarriage, mirroring her own past scandal.
Instead, she finds New York society has evolved, accepting such behavior, leaving her isolated and reflective on her lost years.
Through encounters with old friends and family, she grapples with hypocrisy, memory, and the incomprehensibility of the present compared to her rigid past.
Lidcote returns from Florence to America after 18 years, fearing social ostracism for her daughter Leila's divorce and quick remarriage, mirroring her own past scandal.
Instead, she finds New York society has evolved, accepting such behavior, leaving her isolated and reflective on her lost years.
Through encounters with old friends and family, she grapples with hypocrisy, memory, and the incomprehensibility of the present compared to her rigid past.
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as his book of the week. It was originally published in 1911 in a magazine, and then it was revised and published in book form in 1960.


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