Books: Fiction: Oct. 31, 1927

Conflict

CONFLICT—Olive Higgins Prouty —Houghton Mifflin (2). The life of Sheilah Miller is a conflict between the violent superficial distaste and the deep, deeply contradictory love which she feels for Felix Nawn. She marries him for martyrdom and her conflict continues; now it is between , her longing for Roger Dallenger and the old torturous instinct to protect the weaknesses of Felix. When Felix learns that the theft which he committed so that he could buy her a car is going to be exposed, he finds the tardy courage to commit suicide....

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