The Mother's Recompense Kindle Edition

The Mother's Recompense, a novel about Kate Clephane who was exiled from New York society years earlier for leaving her husband and baby daughter, begins on the French Riviera among a diverse group of American expats.Oddly enough, that same daughter, Anne, who is now an adult and determined to wed Chris Fenno, a military hero, dilettante, and social manipulator, has called Kate back. However, Kate's concerns about Chris's possible intents towards her daughter are overshadowed by the fact that she previously and still does love him very much. The moral dilemma Kate faces and the drama that results are compared to those of Oedipus and Hamlet, and they lead to an ending that shocked the social mores of the day. Read more