Mariana had every luxury befitting the only daughter of millionaire parents. But she was denied love, warmth, and affection throughout her upbringing. She was a huge disappointment to her father, Frederick H Easbridge III, who wanted a son and resented her very existence.
She comes of age and has access to her Trust Fund. She starts to rebel against the strict social codes of 1890s Manhattan. She walks out and is disowned by her parents when she falls in love and marries a struggling young actor. For Curt Koenig, having a wife with the Eastbridge name, Broadway opens to him and his rapid success beckons him to Hollywood and against the wishes of his wife.
Yet right from the beginning, Mariana struggles with what is expected of her and on her first night of marriage she is unable to shake off what her cold and unrelenting parents had drummed into her. Unwittingly, she treats her children just as her parents treated her and as Curt goes from success to success, Mariana fights against her growing jealousy and the breakdown of her marriage until finally even she is unable to prevent the disastrous consequences of her actions.
Genre: General Fiction
She comes of age and has access to her Trust Fund. She starts to rebel against the strict social codes of 1890s Manhattan. She walks out and is disowned by her parents when she falls in love and marries a struggling young actor. For Curt Koenig, having a wife with the Eastbridge name, Broadway opens to him and his rapid success beckons him to Hollywood and against the wishes of his wife.
Yet right from the beginning, Mariana struggles with what is expected of her and on her first night of marriage she is unable to shake off what her cold and unrelenting parents had drummed into her. Unwittingly, she treats her children just as her parents treated her and as Curt goes from success to success, Mariana fights against her growing jealousy and the breakdown of her marriage until finally even she is unable to prevent the disastrous consequences of her actions.
Genre: General Fiction
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