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Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Country United States of America | 3.7/5 Goodreads Publication date 1989 Originally published 1989 Genre Novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award Similar David Leavitt books, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equal Affections is a novel by David Leavitt, published in 1989.
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Plot summary
Louise, an aging woman, is coming down with cancer. Her husband Nat is having an affair with another woman. Meanwhile, Walter, partner of Louise and Nat's son Danny, has cyber sex and phone sex with other men. April, Danny's sister, visits her brother in suburban New Jersey. With their mother's death looming, they all fly to California where their parents live. To avoid a funeral, Nat throws a lukewarm farewell party. April ends up fighting with her father over his cheating on her mother. Two months later, Nat is publicly seeing his mistress. Danny and Walter invite April and Nat to stay with them at a rented cottage on Long Island. The final part is an prolepsis to Louise's conversion at Catholicism although she is a Jew.