The Washington Post, November 20th, 1989
CHINCHILLA FARMBy Judith Freeman Norton. 308 pp. $19.95 Chinchillas mate for life. What accounts for such a "deep and unquestioning track of fidelity" is a mystery to us of a more flawed and selfish species. When Verna Flake's wayward husband, Leon, says he is leaving her for a former beauty queen named Pinky, Verna reminds him only to leave the dry-cleaning ticket on the dresser. Even so, she "couldn't really call it a bad marriage; it was just an ordinary marriage." When did things start to go wrong? Verna, the contemplative narrator of "The Chinchilla Farm" (a small enterprise owned by a ki...
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