Private Affairs : A Novel (1986) - Plot & Excerpts
The last time she'd told him about herself—that she had a chance to do her interviews on television—all he'd thought of was how much it would increase her value as a columnist in Rourke's papers. Anyway, when had they last shared news of their triumphs, or setbacks? Why hadn't she gotten over wanting to do it? Why should I get over it? "Lost in thought," Markham observed. "Anything I can share?" Elizabeth met his eyes again: warm and admiring. "Not yet," she said. "I'm getting used to it." Four hundred papers. The only way a newspaper writer could break out of home territory and enter millions of households all over the country. Of course she did that now, on television. And television had that exciting glamour that nothing else matched. But still, newspapers were different. They were tangible; they could be held, savored, clipped, filed. Long after the television set had been turned off, a newspaper story, like a book, could be picked up, re-read, brought to life again.
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