And then, to distinguish this book from PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS, which was also about a troubled marriage, she decided to annul Leo and Bryony's marriage at the beginning of the book, so that when they meet again, they are not an estranged couple-they are not a couple at all. In NOT QUITE A HUSBAND, the hero is instead the popular, desirable figure, and the heroine a socially awkward physician who somehow manages to marry him. In The Painted Veil, the romantic pairing is between a rather socially awkward microbiologist and the beautiful socialite he somehow manages to marry. She came out of the movie theater shellshocked, and on the spot decided that she would write her own version of the story as her next project and give it the happy ending it so deeply merited.Īlso on the spot, outside the movie theater, she made the first story choice: to reverse the gender roles-no point writing exactly the same story. And she loved, loved, loved it up until the very end when SPOILER. It is one of the best romantic dramas Sherry has ever seen-she views it as a Laura Kinsale film, with complex characters, dark emotional conflict, great sexual tension, and a gorgeous backdrop. The story of The Painted Veil is that of a marriage in real trouble, a couple very much estranged who travel to the dangerous interior of China at a time of cholera outbreaks. The original inspiration for NOT QUITE A HUSBAND comes from the 2007 movie The Painted Veil, starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton.
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