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Lädt ... Zeiten der Ernüchterungvon Carol Edgarian
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A solid literary novel about how the upper and upper-middle class copes with the Great Recession. There were some minor characters from the lower-classes who were servants in the book. My only hope is they do not end up teaching this novel in the schools as part of the course on the Great Recession. For a better book, Janelle Brown's THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE is a must read. It shows how the Great Recession affected most people in the working classes. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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A sweeping, richly compassionate novel about marriage, ambition, and the reclaiming of love-by the bestselling novelist and cofounder of Narrative magazine. Many love stories end in marriage; rare is the love story that begins with one-already promised, already worn. Set in San Francisco during the first year of Obama's presidency, Three Stages of Amazement deftly charts the struggles and triumphs of Lena Rusch and her husband Charlie Pepper, still believe they can have it all--sex, love, marriage, children, career, brilliance. But life delivers surprises and tests--a stillborn child, an economic crash, a ruthless business rival and the attentions of an old lover. Touched by tragedy and by ordinary hopes unmet, Lena and Charlie must face, for the first time in their lives, real limitation. Fifteen years after her stunning debut, Rise the Euphrates, Carol Edgarian has created a panoramic and deeply moving story about business and family and the demands of love in our time. She takes readers on a spellbinding journey inside America today, with an unforgettable cast of characters including Cal Rusch, Lena's uncle, a Silicon Valley titan, and Ivy, his socialite wife, who engender complication in the lives of all the people they touch: their grown children, business partners, friends, the servants and workers upon whom the glamorous life depends--and Lena, whose quest for grace is the pulse of this gorgeous novel. As Lena and Charlie, Ivy and Cal, face the temptations of their youth and the fantasy of the redo, they discover that real life is the ultimate challenge. Told with eloquence and compassion, Three Stages of Amazement is a true thriller of the heart, a riveting story about confronting adversity, gaining wisdom, and finding great love. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I've read better books about the Great Recession, broken marriages, and overachievers underachieving in life. Books that were somehow better because of their imperfections.
If you want an imperfect novel about an imperfect world full of imperfect people with great ambitions who have lost who they truly are, read THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE by Janelle Brown. She is the Great Dickens of our times. ( )