[good solid copy, mild wear to extremities, a bit of edge-soiling; jacket rubbed, a bit of wear at edges/corners, spine sunned]. Novel of "the sophisticated big-city world...evoking vividly and with telling effect the sights, sounds and atmosphere of contemporary New York"), about a young engineer who has a promising career and a seemingly ideal family life, but he and his intelligent and attractive wife find themselves drifting apart because of their " differently maturing natures [and] divergent goals and needs." Then he meets and falls in love with a childhood friend, now a celebrated and lovely singer.