TROLLOPE, JOANNA — A Spanish Lover

New York, Random House. 1993, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0679425861) Hardcover. Book, Lizzie is happily married to Robert and enjoying domestic bliss with her husband and her four children in a restored Georgian home in a village near Bath. Her twin sister, Frances, is in her late 30s, runs a successful travel business, but is still single. Lizzie regards her sister with pity and sympathy; emotions that Frances can only interpret as condescension. Frances's passionate affair with Luis Moreno, a married Spanish businessman, coincides with the disintegration of Lizzie's gallery business, the loss of her house, and the consequent strain on Lizzie's marriage. When Frances decides to have Luis's baby and live as a single mother in Spain, Lizzie's feelings of envy boil to the surface. In an effort toward reconciliation, the two sisters help one another come to terms with their concealed feelings, and they both freely embark on new chapters in their lives. As New/As New.