Apart from You

Rhodesia watched them from the rumpled bed as they dressed, her slitted eyes golden and knowing. When Elizabeth bent to stroke the cat's belly, the beast stretched and yawned extravagantly. Brian smiled. "I think she likes you," he said. "She trusts you already." To that, Elizabeth had no answer. Indiana University, 1968. Temporarily separated from her liberal-minded fiance, Elizabeth Nye begins an affair, only to find herself caught in a tangle of love, lies, and belated remorse. Social change, sibling rivalry, and infidelity take center stage as the novel explores multiple varieties and two generations of deception and self-deception. "A brilliant first novel, thoroughly evolved and gorgeously executed." - Alan Rodgers, author "Gripping and powerful." - Community News, Denver This is a revised version of the book published in 2000. Cover photograph copyright 2009 by Leonore H. Dvorkin Leonore H. Dvorkin lives in Denver, Colorado, where she works as a language tutor, translator, editor, and weight training instructor. She is also the author of Another Chance at Life: A Breast Cancer Survivor's Journey (Norilana Books, 2009). She invites you to visit her Web site: http: //www.dvorkin.com

Leonore H. Dvorkin was born in 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. She has lived in nine different states and Germany. Her two BA degrees in languages are from Indiana University (Bloomington) and Metropolitan State College of Denver. She and her author husband, David Dvorkin, have lived in Denver, Colorado since 1971. Their son, Daniel Dvorkin, has written two science fiction novels with his father. Leonore works as a tutor of Spanish and German, a German to English translator, a proofreader and editor, and a weight training instructor. In 1977, she won the YWCA Sportswomen of Colorado award in the category of Health and Physical Fitness. Her publishing credits include numerous articles on fitness and nutrition, the literary novel Apart from You, and the autobiographical book Another Chance at Life: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Journey. She took the photographs used for the covers of both of her books. She and her husband invite you to visit their joint Web site: http: //www.dvorkin.com