Girl in the Moonlight Lib/E

Product Description The author of Indiscretion returns with a scorching tale of love, passion, and obsession, about one man's all-consuming desire for a beautiful, bewitching, and beguiling woman. Since childhood, Wylie Rose has been drawn to the charming, close-knit Bonet siblings. But none affected him more than the enchanting Cesca, a girl blessed with incandescent beauty and a wild, irrepressible spirit. Growing up, Wylie's friendship with her brother, Aurelio, a budding painter of singular talent, brings him near Cesca's circle. A young woman confident in her charms, Cesca is amused by Wylie's youthful sensuality and trusting innocence. Toying with his devotion, she draws him closer to her fire--ultimately ruining him for any other woman. Spanning several decades, moving through the worlds of high society, finance, and art, and peopled with poignant characters, Girl in the Moonlight takes us on a whirlwind tour, from the wooded cottages of old East Hampton to the dining rooms of Upper East Side Manhattan to the bohemian art studios of Paris and Barcelona. As he vividly brings to life Wylie and Cesca's tempestuous, heart-wrenching affair, Charles Dubow probes the devastating depths of human passion and the nature of true love. Review A passionate relationship still sears these pages...If you are a romantic, you will devour every page of this book.-- "Huffington Post" A sleek, brisk Gatsby-esque tale...Keeps you reading like sipping a perfectly fashioned martini. Compulsive reading...What an elegant and ebullient journey.-- "Providence Journal" Dubow offers a heady, intoxicating tale, and young Wylie's journey to manhood is a memorable one. A story of the most interesting people you will ever know, told with style and verve.-- "Kirkus Reviews" From Paris to Barcelona to New York, Girl in the Moonlight takes the reader on a whirlwind journey...A passionate story that explores the capacity of love-and its unyielding ability to control us.-- "BookPage" Seduces readers with a tantalizing, salacious tale...Almost every page here is watermarked with love, lust, wealth, creativity, betrayal, or heartbreak.-- "USA Today" Verner delivers Wylie's longing with just the right amount of youthful ardor and offers Wylie's luminous descriptions of Cesca with a lovely lyricism...Verner adds luster to Charles Dubow's clear-eyed look at coming-of-age and the nature of obsession.-- "AudioFile" About the Author Charles Dubow was born in New York City and spent his summers at his family's house on Georgica Pond in East Hampton. He was educated at Wesleyan and New York University and worked as a roustabout, a lumberjack, a sheepherder in New Zealand, and a congressional aide. Dubow was a founding editor of Forbes.com and later an editor at Businessweek.com. He lives in New York City with his wife Melinda, children William and Lally, and Labrador retriever Luke. Adam Verner is a stage, film, television, and voice actor and an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. He holds a BS in theater arts from Bradley University and an MFA from Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.