by Ann Patchett, rated A
For more than twenty years Sabine has loved the magician Parsifal and served as his assistant even though Parcifal is gay When Parsifal's lover dies of aids and he realizes he is also infected with the disease he marries Sabine and puts most of his property in her name so she will be his widow and save on inheritance taxes. Sabine believes her husband has no living relatives and when he dies she is shocked to learn of a trust fund established for a mother and two sisters in Nebraska. When his family contacts her, she invites them to visit and then visits them in Nebraska in order to discover the truth about the man she loved and thought she knew.
I was very surprised at how this book ended. I guess I am just a lot more naive than any woman my age has a right to be. Oh well.
