An American Love Story

Four smart women fall in love with the same man, Clay Bowen - a charismatic, good-looking man with power in the glamorous world of television. Laura gives up her career as a dancer to marry him and have his child, while Nina can't capture her father’s complete attention. Bambi, his ruthless young “assistant,” believes she is using him, and Susan, a brilliant writer, is terrified that their twenty-year bicoastal romance is too good to be true. In this compelling story of passion and obsession, Rona Jaffe weaves together the glittering capitals of the world, the epicenter of TV and movie industries, and the darkest depths of the human heart. Jaffe captures the ambivalence of women in love like few other contemporary novelists. This novel is a must-read for anyone interested in growth, despair, destruction, and realization.