Mainland

by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer

A successful woman in her early forties, Eleanor feels curiously distanced from her beloved husband and children, enthralled by the odd tyranny of her family past, and at the nadir of her self-esteem when she innocently enters into adultery.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Susan Fromberg Schaeffer was an American novelist and poet who was a Professor of English at Brooklyn College for more than thirty years. She won numerous national writing awards and contributed book reviews for the New York Times.

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Reviews

[Kathi · Rating 1 out of 5]

I give up. By chapter seven, I couldn't make myself like or care about the characters and there was no action. Chapters Four and Five were okay, but then it fizzled.