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Alternate side : a novel / Anna Quindlen.
Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life--except when there's 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 Nora's dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. Then one morning she returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood, and the fault lines begin to open: on the block, at her job, especially in her marriage. With humor, understanding, an acute eye, and a warm heart, Anna Quindlen explores what it means to be a mother, a wife, and a woman at a moment of reckoning.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812996067 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 284 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
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| Subject: | Married people > Fiction. Neighborhoods > Fiction. City and town life > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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| Lakeshore Branch | LP FIC Quind | 31681010095164 | LARGEPT | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Living in a quiet Manhattan brownstone that has become its own little community, Nora discovers her true self in the wake of a violent attack that exposes the racial, economic, martial and interpersonal tensions beneath her neighbors' façade of harmony. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofObject Lessons . - Baker & Taylor
Living in a quiet Manhattan brownstone that has become its own little community, Nora discovers her true self in the wake of a violent attack that exposes the racial, economic, marital, and interpersonal tensions beneath her neighbors' faðcade of harmony. - Random House, Inc.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â¢Â âCaptures 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.ââUSA 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 Millerâs Valley and Still Life with Bread Crumbs.
Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed lifeâexcept when thereâs 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 Noraâs dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. The owners watch one anotherâs 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 blockâs 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 Noraâs job, and especially in her marriage.Â
Praise for Alternate Side
â[Anna] Quindlenâs quietly precise evaluation of intertwined lives evinces a keen understanding of and appreciation for universal human frailties.ââBooklist (starred review)
âExquisitely rendered . . . [Quindlen] is one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life. . . . [Alternate Side] has an almost documentary feel, a verisimilitude thatâs awfully hard to achieve.ââThe New York Times Book Review
âAn exceptional depiction of complex charactersâparticularly their weaknesses and uncertaintiesâand the intricacies of close relationships . . . Quindlenâs provocative novel is a New York City drama of fractured marriages and uncomfortable class distinctions.ââPublishers Weekly
