“Somewhere between the repressiveness of Edith Wharton’s earlyth-century Age of Innocence and our own libertine Shades of Grey era lies the absorbingly sensuous world of Jennie Fields’s The Age of Desire along with the overheated romance and the middle-age passion it so accurately describes, The Age of Desire also offers something simpler and quieter: a tribute to the enduring power of female . · The Age of Desire is a fictionalized account of the love affair between famous novelist Edith Wharton and journalist Morton Fullerton. The book is told from the perspectives of Edith and Edith's long-time friend and secretary Anna Bahlmann/5. With astonishing tenderness and immediacy, The Age of Desire portrays the interwoven lives of Edith Wharton and Anna Bahlmann, her governess, secretary, and close friend. By focusing on these two women from vastly different backgrounds, Jennie Fields miraculously illuminates an entire era I gained insight into both Wharton's monumental work and her personal struggles-and I was filled with regret /5().
Jennie Fields, I found is the perfect author for this voyage into Mrs. Warton's life because she seemed to climb into her persona with ease. I was mesmerized by this beautiful book. The novel was written in influence of the style of Mrs. Wharton's Age, I felt. "With astonishing tenderness and immediacy, The Age of Desire portrays the interwoven lives of Edith Wharton and Anna Bahlmann, her governess, secretary, and close friend. By focusing on these two women from vastly different backgrounds, Jennie Fields miraculously illuminates an entire era. The Age of Desire Jennie Fields. Viking/Pam Dorman, $ (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. Lily Beach; Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.
“Somewhere between the repressiveness of Edith Wharton’s earlyth-century Age of Innocence and our own libertine Shades of Grey era lies the absorbingly sensuous world of Jennie Fields’s The Age of Desire along with the overheated romance and the middle-age passion it so accurately describes, The Age of Desire also offers something simpler and quieter: a tribute to the enduring power of female friendship.”. THE AGE OF DESIRE. by Jennie Fields ‧RELEASE DATE: Aug. 2, Joining the burgeoning genre of novels concerning famous people's unknown subordinates, Fields (The Middle Ages, , etc.) offers a fictionalized account of Edith Wharton’s troubled love life in large part through the eyes of her former governess and lifelong secretary, Anna Bahlmann. However, The Age of Desire takes place right at the beginning of Edith's fame and it centers more around her personal life than her accomplishments. While Edith wrote about the upper class in two of her most popular novels, she was a product of that class. She was a deeply private person.
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