The almost wife: a novel
"Angela Sabatini is on the cusp of becoming Mrs. Frank Fazzino, on the verge of leaving Newark behind as they begin their marriage in the city. But when Frank buys her a house down the street from her parents as a surprise wedding gift, it's clear that they share very different dreams. An aspiring photographer, Angela finds herself in the city anyway, visiting a friend from school who never married either. She could use his help paving her own path, and, as it turns out, he is in need of a favor himself -- he needs a fiancee, and pretty quickly, but just for an hour or two. And he's not the only one. Based on the experiences of Jennifer Coburn's mother as a beard for gay men in the 1950s, The Almost Wife draws a lush, evocative portrait of the Village at the height of bohemia, as naive, sheltered girl from the suburbs learns about the city - -- and herself, discovering who she truly is by pretending to be who she is not - a girlfriend for gay men who need to pass as straight in a time when they had everything to lose"-- Provided by publisher.