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Harness
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Published January 1, 1929
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May 31, 2021
3.5 stars
I bought this book on the utter absence of reviews and blurbs. The author's other works were enjoyable so I figured it was a worthwhile gamble.
The title "Harness" doesn't tell you much. I was actually halfway through the book before I realized that it was a metaphor for matrimony. In other words, for marriage to work, both must pull together.
Michael comes out of the war like many others, disillusioned and at odds with the world. He marries the sister of a fallen comrade who herself was in the thick of it as an ambulance driver. They set up home in the country and are ominously happy.
But after a few months, Michael gets down to business writing a book about the war while his wife, Pat, rekindles her pre-war life as an actress; fame and fortune dragging her ever deeper into "the game" and away from her husband and home.
Can their marriage be saved? Only if both willingly get into the harness and pull together.
I feel like this would have made a good black and white film back in the day.
I bought this book on the utter absence of reviews and blurbs. The author's other works were enjoyable so I figured it was a worthwhile gamble.
The title "Harness" doesn't tell you much. I was actually halfway through the book before I realized that it was a metaphor for matrimony. In other words, for marriage to work, both must pull together.
Michael comes out of the war like many others, disillusioned and at odds with the world. He marries the sister of a fallen comrade who herself was in the thick of it as an ambulance driver. They set up home in the country and are ominously happy.
But after a few months, Michael gets down to business writing a book about the war while his wife, Pat, rekindles her pre-war life as an actress; fame and fortune dragging her ever deeper into "the game" and away from her husband and home.
Can their marriage be saved? Only if both willingly get into the harness and pull together.
I feel like this would have made a good black and white film back in the day.
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