Synopsis
The Cover of Life
$10.99
Published by Samuel French Inc
1 Male 6 Female
Each married a Cliffert brother
The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce
He decides that they belong on the cover Life Magazine and assigns Kate Miller to the story. She has been covering the war in Europe and, though she views doing a "women's piece" as a career set back, she accepts because it will be her first cover story
Kate spends a week with the Cliffert women and her haughty urban attitude gives way to sympathy as she begins to understand them while coming face to face with her own powerlessness in a man's world
Filled with charm and fun, The Cover of Life is a deeply affecting story about the struggle for self worth
REVIEWS
"The kind of roles actresses dream of. Robinson's writing has a warm, rural flavor and [the] conflicts are laced with a poignant urgency" ~ Variety
"Vivid" ~ Newark Star Ledger
"Stirring and funny" ~ Teaneck Daily Record