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Adele and Tom: The Portrait of a Marriage
Adele knew she was in trouble when Tom’s long strides carried him in on that September night at Kat and Harry’s Café. White button-down shirt and jeans, black hair brushing his collar. He did not sense trouble when he sat at the bar, one stool between them, ordered a stout and placed his cigarettes near the ashtray.
"Adele and The Portrait of a Marriage is a stunning, lyrical tour de force that evokes Virginia Woolf's best novels, fluidly tracing—in form and content—the complex, labyrinthine, back-and-forth between a married couple, both of whom are writers. It is a glorious work of art."
Robin Lippincott, author of Blue a meditation on the life and art of Joan Mitchell
“Chella Courington's work is fragile, beautiful, difficult, kind, and leans all the way into what it means to be both an acute observer as well as an active participant in the world. No nuance of relationship, be it loving or otherwise, escapes her eye or her interpretation of the difficulties and joys of those of us who live in the creative realm—many times with another creator, with a whole different view of the world, both inward and outward. Well done!”
Meg Withers, author of Particular In Search
“Adele yearns for her own legacy--professional and personal, and yet is still in the shadow of her own beloved husband, Tom, who wrestles with his own feelings of futility. This novella captures moments and moods with a skillful touch, taking the reader from a New Orleans cafe to the Santa Barbara sunshine, and meeting two intertwined souls at the points in their shared journey where they are the most vulnerable and raw.”
Allison Martine, author of The Bourbon Books
“It’s very truthful. Because of that, I found it to be a breath of fresh air.”
Bedside Book Review
"Adele and The Portrait of a Marriage is a stunning, lyrical tour de force that evokes Virginia Woolf's best novels, fluidly tracing—in form and content—the complex, labyrinthine, back-and-forth between a married couple, both of whom are writers. It is a glorious work of art."
Robin Lippincott, author of Blue a meditation on the life and art of Joan Mitchell
“Chella Courington's work is fragile, beautiful, difficult, kind, and leans all the way into what it means to be both an acute observer as well as an active participant in the world. No nuance of relationship, be it loving or otherwise, escapes her eye or her interpretation of the difficulties and joys of those of us who live in the creative realm—many times with another creator, with a whole different view of the world, both inward and outward. Well done!”
Meg Withers, author of Particular In Search
“Adele yearns for her own legacy--professional and personal, and yet is still in the shadow of her own beloved husband, Tom, who wrestles with his own feelings of futility. This novella captures moments and moods with a skillful touch, taking the reader from a New Orleans cafe to the Santa Barbara sunshine, and meeting two intertwined souls at the points in their shared journey where they are the most vulnerable and raw.”
Allison Martine, author of The Bourbon Books
“It’s very truthful. Because of that, I found it to be a breath of fresh air.”
Bedside Book Review
130 pages, Paperback
Published February 5, 2023
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