TOGETHER AND APART—Margaret Ken-nedy—Random House ($2.50). Pretty Betsy Canning was a long time finding out that Husband Alec was not the man she, thought she married. For 15 years she had ...

The time away was more than just a change of scenery or a jolt of city life; Stibbe wanted to get some distance from her deteriorating marriage. The book is told in diary form. Stibbe announces ...