Charles and Diantha

About the Book

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." So the great Russian novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy famously begins. Dr. Charles Drury, a leading New York neuroscientist and his wife Diantha, a promising young art historian, have been married ten years when the opportunity arises for the couple to take an anniversary trip. After much discussion they settle on Venice and Diantha immediately makes reservations at the legendary Cipriani Hotel on the Venetian island called the Guidecca. While on holiday however Diantha receives disturbing news that threatens to unravel the marriage.

About the Author

Author's Biography Jane Pattison studied Art History at Vassar and Yale and lives in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is married to a Real Estate executive and is the author of a previous novel The First Sip of Wine.