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Lucy Crown is a novel by Irwin Shaw first published in 1956. It is about a wife and mother—the eponymous character—who, in the summer of 1937, begins an affair with a young man whom the Crowns have hired as a companion for their fragile son Tony. Read More..

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Description	Lucy Crown is a novel by Irwin Shaw first published in 1956. It is about a wife and mother—the eponymous character—who, in the summer of 1937, begins an affair with a young man whom the Crowns have hired as a companion for their fragile son Tony. Lucy Crown's deliberate act of infidelity and betrayal, which is witnessed by Tony, leads to the disintegration of her marriage and complete estrangement from her son. Only a chance meeting with Tony in a bar in Paris, France in the 1950s leads to a partial of mother and son. Lucy learns that Tony is married with a son and actually living in Paris as an artist. She immediately sees through his façade and realizes that, while keeping up appearances, he is leading an unhappy life. Together they visit his father's grave in the small French village where he was shot by a sniper during World War II.
Description	Lucy Crown is a novel by Irwin Shaw first published in 1956. It is about a wife and mother—the eponymous character—who, in the summer of 1937, begins an affair with a young man whom the Crowns have hired as a companion for their fragile son Tony. Lucy Crown's deliberate act of infidelity and betrayal, which is witnessed by Tony, leads to the disintegration of her marriage and complete estrangement from her son. Only a chance meeting with Tony in a bar in Paris, France in the 1950s leads to a partial of mother and son. Lucy learns that Tony is married with a son and actually living in Paris as an artist. She immediately sees through his façade and realizes that, while keeping up appearances, he is leading an unhappy life. Together they visit his father's grave in the small French village where he was shot by a sniper during World War II.

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Name	Lucy Crown
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Authors	Irwin Shaw
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	339 pp
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Media_type	Print (Hardback)
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Oclc	256837355
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Publisher	Random House
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Pub_date	1956
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Release_date	1956
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