Alternate Side: A Novel
Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN13:
9780525509875
$18.26
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ò ôCaptures the angst and anxiety of modern life with . . . astute observations about interactions between the haves and have-nots, and the realities of life among the long-married.öùUSA Today A provocative novel that explores what it means to be a mother, a wife, and a woman at a moment of reckoning, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of MillerÆs Valley and Still Life with Bread Crumbs. Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed lifeùexcept when thereÆs a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, or a problem with their twins at college. And why not? New York City was once NoraÆs dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. The owners watch one anotherÆs children grow up. They use the same handyman. They trade gossip and gripes, and they maneuver for the ultimate status symbol: a spot in the blockÆs small parking lot. Then one morning, Nora returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood, and the enviable dead-end block turns into a potent symbol of a divided city. The fault lines begin to open: on the block, at NoraÆs job, and especially in her marriage. Praise for Alternate Side ô[Anna] QuindlenÆs quietly precise evaluation of intertwined lives evinces a keen understanding of and appreciation for universal human frailties.öùBooklist (starred review) ôExquisitely rendered . . . [Quindlen] is one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life. . . . [Alternate Side] has an almost documentary feel, a verisimilitude thatÆs awfully hard to achieve.öùThe New York Times Book Review ôAn exceptional depiction of complex charactersùparticularly their weaknesses and uncertaintiesùand the intricacies of close relationships . . . QuindlenÆs provocative novel is a New York City drama of fractured marriages and uncomfortable class distinctions.öùPublishers Weekly
- | Author: Anna Quindlen
- | Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
- | Publication Date: Nov 13, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 304 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 0525509879
- | ISBN-13: 9780525509875
- Author:
- Anna Quindlen
- Publisher:
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Publication Date:
- Nov 13, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 304 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Fiction
- ISBN-10:
- 0525509879
- ISBN-13:
- 9780525509875