A Bigamist's Daughter A Novel [Paperback]

TheNew York TimesBestselling Author ofAfter ThisandCharming Billy


Elizabeth Connelly, editor at a New York vanity press, sells the dream of publication (admittedly, to writers of questionable talent). Stories of true emotional depth rarely cross her desk. But when a young writer named Tupper Daniels walks in, bearing an unfinished novel, Elizabeth is drawn to both the novelist and his storya lyrical tale about a man in love with more than one woman at once. Tupper's manuscript unlocks memories of her own secretive father, who himself may have been a bigamist. As Elizabeth and Tupper search for the perfect d?nouement, their affair, too, approaches a most unexpected and poignant coda.
A brilliant debut from one of our most celebrated authors,A Bigamist's Daughteris a wise, sad, witty novel about men and women, God, hope, love, illusion, and fiction itself (Newsweek).

Elizabeth Connelly, editor at a New York vanity press, sells the dream of publication (admittedly, to writers of questionable talent). Stories of true emotional depth rarely cross her desk. But when a young writer named Tupper Daniels walks in, bearing an unfinished novel, Elizabeth is drawn to both the novelist and his storya lyrical tale about a man in love with more than one woman at once. Tupper's manuscript unlocks memories of her own secretive father, who himself may have been a bigamist. As Elizabeth and Tupper search for the perfect d?nouement, their affair, too, approaches a most unexpected and poignant coda.

A brilliant debut from one of our most celebrated authors,A Bigamist's Daughteris a wise, sad, witty novel about men and women, God, hope, love, illusion, and fiction itself (Newsweek).

Alice McDermottis the author of five previous novels, includingChild of My Heart;Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award; andAt Weddings and Wakes, all published bl�