Le Divorce

Imagine the heroine of Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady sporting a stylish haircut, miniskirt, and sunglasses, and you have Isabel Walker, the heroine of this incandescent novel.Le Divorce follows this smart, sexy American abroad as she arrives in Paris to visit her stepsister Roxy, whose marriage into an aristocratic French family has assured her of a coveted place in Parisian society. But Roxy's husband has just left her for the Czechoslovakian wife of an American lawyer. Could 'le divorce' be far behind?This bestselling novel -- a delightful comedy of manners and morals, money, marriage, and murder -- is as wickedly funny as it is deeply insightful. At the center of it all is the irrepressible Isabel -- captivated by Paris and a handsome, worldly French diplomat -- and trying to keep her perspective as cultures and human passions collide.