Le Divorce Summary
Diane Johnson

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Le Divorce Summary

The novel is about a young woman's partial passage into adulthood. Because most of the events involve French people, French customs, and even French food, a second theme, Franco-American culture clash, is interwoven with the first.

A third theme is the ambiguous nature of human motives and emotions. Isabel's recognition of this is part of her matura tion, but it underlies the narrative so deeply that it can be seen as a separate...

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