Other fanciful plots include a woman who falls in love with a young man who turns out to be her illegitimate son in "Emmeline" (1980), and conjoined twins who marry two women in "Attachments" (1977), with the curiosity-inspiring sexual gymnastics hardly ignored. Rossner's vivid imagination is suggested by the circumstances of the young analysand: Dawn Henley was raised by a lesbian aunt and her lover after Dawn's mother killed herself and her homosexual father drowned in a boating accident. It is about of the complex relationship between a troubled teenager and her psychiatrist, with much of the story told in what seem like transcripts of analytic sessions. Her seventh novel, "August," published in 1983, was also a best seller. The book was based loosely on the 1973 murder of a young schoolteacher in New York who frequented singles bars and could be read as a particularly harrowing caution for the sexually adventurous. Rossner's 10 novels, sold four million copies and in 1977 became a popular movie starring Diane Keaton.
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