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Shining Through (novel)
''Shining Through'' is an American World War II novel by Susan Isaacs. It was published by HarperCollins in 1988. The book was made into a 1992 film of the same name, starring Michael Douglas as Edward Leland and Melanie Griffith as Linda Voss. Plot summary In 1940, Linda Voss, 31 and unmarried, is secretary to John Berringer, a partner in a New York law firm. She is secretly in love with John, but he is married to Nan, the daughter of the senior partner Edward Leland, and politically and socially well-connected. She begins an affair with John after his wife leaves and sues for divorce. Linda becomes pregnant and they marry in a brief civil ceremony, which neither is really enthusiastic about. Leland moves to Washington to take a senior position in a new organisation, soon to be renamed the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which coordinates war-related information from German refugees in America. He requests that John and Linda join him; because of Linda's fluent German, lear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Isaacs
Susan Isaacs (born December 7, 1943) is an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. She adapted her debut novel into the film ''Compromising Positions''. Early life, family and education She was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Helen Asher Isaacs, a homemaker, and Morton Isaacs, an electrical engineer. At Queens College, she majored in English and minored in economics. After college, she worked as a senior editor at ''Seventeen'' magazine and also as a freelance political speechwriter. She is Jewish. She married Elkan Abramowitz, a lawyer, in 1968. She left work in 1970 to stay at home with her newborn son. Three years later, in 1973, she gave birth to her daughter. She freelanced during this time, writing both speeches and magazine articles. She now lives on Long Island with her husband. Career Her first novel (and first attempt at fiction), ''Compromising Positions'', was published in 1978. It was chosen as a main selection of the Book of the Month Club and, like all of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |