In this novel about Ralph Waldo Emerson's wife, Lidian, Amy Belding Brown examines the emotional landscape of love and marriage. Living in the shadow of one of the most famous men of her time, Lidian becomes deeply disappointed by marriage, but consigned to public silence by social conventions and concern for her children and her husband's reputation. Drawn to the erotic energy and intellect of close family friend Henry David Thoreau, she struggles to negotiate the confusing territory between love and friendship while maintaining her moral authority and inner strength. In the course of the book, she deals with overwhelming social demands, faces devastating personal loss, and discovers the deepest meaning of love. Lidian eventually discovers the truth of her own character and learns that even our faults can lead us to independence.Title Length : 018Number of Words in Auth: 3Has Cover : TEMPLATE ERROR Interpreter: Internal error evaluating an expression: 'Metadata object has no attribute named: 'has_cover'' - line number 1Wörter : 124453Number of Formats : 0Single Author : Brown, Amy BeldingSorted Author by LN, FN: Brown, Amy BeldingTitle Parm D : Mr. Emerson's WifeTitle Parm A : Mr. Emerson's WifeTitle Parm B : (Record ID : TEMPLATE ERROR Value: unknown field idNum of Aut : 1Title Parm F : Mr. Emerson's WifeUncomma Author : Amy Belding Brown