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The Price of Salt, or Carol
by Patricia Highsmith
Claire Morgan is a pseudonym for Patricia Highsmith. She didn't want her name to be associated with this book that was ahead of its time (1952) for portraying a lesbian love story that actually has a (mostly) happy ending.
Therese Belivet is an aspiring stage designer living in NYC and who is working a temp job at a department store when she meets a woman named Carol who comes in as a customer. The two are very different but soon become friends, as Therese provides companionship during Carol's acrimonious divorce. Love blooms as they go on a road trip, but Carol's husband is threatening to take their daughter, Rindy, away from Carol unless she stops seeing Therese.
I thought this book was very lovely. Morgan (Highsmith) has wonderful descriptive powers, and great insight into the human heart.
My one criticism is that while Carol is a fully-realized human being with complications and flaws, Therese is a little vague and undeveloped, though she does grow up a bit over the course of the book. Overall, though, I loved this and didn't want it to end. Recommended.
Therese Belivet is an aspiring stage designer living in NYC and who is working a temp job at a department store when she meets a woman named Carol who comes in as a customer. The two are very different but soon become friends, as Therese provides companionship during Carol's acrimonious divorce. Love blooms as they go on a road trip, but Carol's husband is threatening to take their daughter, Rindy, away from Carol unless she stops seeing Therese.
I thought this book was very lovely. Morgan (Highsmith) has wonderful descriptive powers, and great insight into the human heart.
My one criticism is that while Carol is a fully-realized human being with complications and flaws, Therese is a little vague and undeveloped, though she does grow up a bit over the course of the book. Overall, though, I loved this and didn't want it to end. Recommended.