num_pages: 304
description: An incredibly compulsive poignant exploration of marriage lust and ambition from one of America's great young literary talents the Man-Booker Prize longlisted author of Work Like Any Other. Doctor Ed Malinowski believes he has realized most of his dreams. A passionate ambitious behavioral psychiatrist he is now the superintendent of a mental institution and finally turning the previously crumbling hospital around. He also has a home he can be proud of and a fiercely independent artistic wife Laura whom he hopes will soon be pregnant. But into this perfect vision of his life comes Penelope a beautiful young epileptic who should never have been placed in his institution and whose only chance at getting out is Ed. She is intelligent charming and slowly falling in love with her charismatic compassionate doctor. As their relationship grows more complicated and Laura stubbornly starts working at his hospital Ed must weigh his professional responsibilities against his personal ones and find a way to save both his job and his family. A love triangle set in one of the most chaotic combustible settings imaginable The Behavior of Love is wise riveting and deeply resonant.
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title: The Behavior of Love
publisher: Scribner