1976, Simon and Schuster

This is the story of Stephanie, whose life we follow from her extraordinary childhood in France, through her father's mysterious disappearance, her emigration with her mother to America, her private schooling in New York, her tempestuous sexual relationship with a European nobleman, her marriage to an American, her children, and ultimately, her liberation.

"A novel of extraordinary richness and power. Sensual, witty, vividly evocative in every sentence. A fine book which achieves the real texture of life so often absent from fiction, and as such is not only entirely satisfying but resonantly memorable"
-William Styron

"This is one of those rare books that rises in intensity as it progresses. It is terrific. It is a particularly naked book."
-Harold Brodkey

"Lovers and Tyrants is at once a densely written novel and a provocation to the inner chaos which passes for family, social, and sexual order. A compelling read and a challenge to both men and women caught on the flypaper of consciousness in this time."
-Arthur Miller

"Complex, challenging, beautifully written. Her portraits of persons are powerful stuff. An extraordinary novel."
-Doris Grumbach, Chicago Tribune Book World

"Passionate and engaged. In an elegant prose, developing scenes and characters generously and with a sensuous attention to detail, Gray fashions her heroine's story"
-Peter Prescott, Newsweek

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