![]() ![]() The Belsey family members are also navigating their Black identity. Though Kiki has been trying to forgive Howard, she is made more upset by the revelation that the other woman in question was Claire, and that it was more than the one-night stand Howard originally admitted to. Howard has had an affair with Claire Malcolm, a fellow Wellington faculty member and long-time family friend. ![]() depressed, and his family foundation is not strong either. They get engaged, but the engagement is quickly called off. During the time of his studies, Jerome lives with Monty’s family and falls in love with Monty’s daughter Victoria. At the beginning of the novel, Jerome is in England studying under Monty Kipps, a Black conservative academic who is in a long-standing feud with Howard. ![]() He and his wife Kiki have three children: Jerome, Zora, and Levi. Howard Belsey, the father, is English an art historian at Wellington College, just outside of Boston. On Beauty begins with the tribulations of the Belsey family. On Beauty is contemporary literary fiction reflective of current political issues and celebrates diverse views of dealing with the world. Separated into three distinct parts, On Beauty explores the theme of beauty through the conflicts, internal and external, of characters struggling to come to terms with themselves. ![]()
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