Barbara Barrett was married to a writer for many years when she decided to try her own hand at fiction. For more than a year before her death in 2010, she labored over several drafts of The Magnifi...view moreBarbara Barrett was married to a writer for many years when she decided to try her own hand at fiction. For more than a year before her death in 2010, she labored over several drafts of The Magnificent Agony, her first and last novel.view less