DIARY OF AN AFFAIR

by Jeannie Sakol ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 27, 1989

Like most stories about extramarital liaisons, this first novel tells a cautionary tale: along the way, there may be plenty of sizzle, but, ultimately, everyone ends up burned. Pretty, divorced Liza literally runs into handsome, married Dan as they're both jogging in Central Park. Boom. It's Mount St. Helens time as they gaze into each other's eyes. Back in their respective worlds--he runs a successful travel business, she's a highpowered modeling agent--they daydream about each other and contrive to meet again. Same time, same jogging path. Naturally, one thing leads to another and, before long, their romance is being played out in a chi-chi Manhattan fantasy: dinner at the Rainbow Room, a trip to Bergdorf's to buy satin boxer shorts. Meanwhile, Dan's faithful wife, Maggie, an ex-model who has become a housewife and let her hair go gray, finally catches on that it isn't business that's keeping her husband out late every night. As the affair progresses, Maggie fights back by looking for a job, dyeing her hair, and finally, hitting the bottle until she can no longer be trusted to care for their two young daughters. Things aren't going well in Liza's life either. Her involvement with Dan has distracted her normally meticulous attention to her work and jeopardized her relationship with her most important client. Amidst these problems, Dan and Liza cool things and then rekindle them--again and again--until, at last, what once seemed too hot to handle is just a bed of ashes. Sakol's style is pure Cosmo Girl--sprightly, sexy, and skin-deep, with all the requisite glitz. Her message isn't new. but at least it's fashionably--and divertingly--rewrapped.

Pub Date: July 27, 1989

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Donald Fine

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1989

Categories: FICTION