01877cam a2200337 i 4500 545744968 TxAuBib 150612t20151993||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015022951 9780393352689 paperback 0393352684 paperback (OCoLC)5022 DLC eng DLC YDX rda TxAuBib rda Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995,. Price of salt. Carol / Patricia Highsmith. Authorized edition. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2015. ©1993. 292 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Previously titled The Price of Salt"--Title page. "First published in the USA by Coward-McCann, Inc., New York in 1952 under the title 'The price of salt'"--Title page verso. "Based on a true story plucked from Highsmith's own life, Carol tells the riveting drama of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job, whose routine is forever shattered by a gorgeous epiphany--the appearance of Carol Aird, a customer who comes in to buy her daughter a Christmas toy. Therese begins to gravitate toward the alluring suburban housewife, who is trapped in a marriage as stultifying as Therese's job. They fall in love and set out across the United States, ensnared by society's confines and the imminent disapproval of others, yet propelled by their infatuation. Carol is a brilliantly written story that may surprise Highsmith fans and will delight those discovering her work"--page [4] cover. Lesbians Fiction. Fiction. Romance fiction. Morgan, Claire, 1921-1995 Price of salt.