Corporation Wife by Catherine Gaskin

Corporation Wife

by Catherine Gaskin

Collins, 1960 [First Edition], hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing to edges and corners, dust-jacket shows a little edge and shelf wear, some rubbing to edges and corners, some foxing (see photographs)

"here is a new, mature and confident Catherine Gaskin handling superbly the world of a big business as it affects the men and women who are part of a great American commercial enterprise known as Amtec.
This terrifying octopus has its well-known pattern, and the American town of Burnham Falls has its counterpart in many countries.  The author is concerned with showing the effects on the community, and particularly on the lives of the four women who are her central characters, of this highly organised and intensive life pulsating round the heart of a big business.  there is the sexy-looking small-town girl who wants to marry the bank president's son and live out her life in Burnham Falls.  There is the well-bred daughter of the leading citizen of Burnham Falls whose husband has sold his small company to the big corporation.  There is the beautiful but untalented actress who come to Burnham Falls as the wife of the corporation president, and finally, there is the Irish girl from the big city who is married to a junior executive."