Late in the novel, Abra Bacon becomes fed up with her husband's self-righteousness and seeks out his brother, thus repeating the painful love triangle of the previous generation, which saw the prostitute Cathy Ames shoot her husband Adam Trask and leave him for his brother Charles.
The patriarch of this novel's central family loses money in an attempt to ship ice-boxed lettuce to New York, but later his son takes advantage of a food shortage and saves the fortune with the help of Will Hamilton. Late in the novel, Abra Bacon becomes fed up with her husband's self-righteousness and seeks out his brother, thus repeating the painful love triangle of the previous generation, which saw the prostitute Cathy Ames shoot her husband Adam Trask and leave him for his brother Charles. Based on the story of Cain and Abel, FTP, what is this John Steinbeck novel now in the news for its selection for Oprah's Book Club?
The patriarch of this novel's central family loses money in an attempt to ship ice-boxed lettuce to New York, but later his son takes advantage of a food shortage and saves the fortune with the help of Will Hamilton.
East of Eden