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Same as it ever was / Claire Lombardo.
"A woman named Julia reflects on her life and marriage in the suburbs of Chicago"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780385549554 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 498 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Middle-aged persons > Fiction. Midlife crisis > Fiction. Mother and child > Fiction. Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Finally at age 57, Julie Ames feels she has a firm handle on things, but a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, an impending separation from her teenaged daughter and a seductive resurgence of the past threaten to draw her back into the patterns that had previously kept her on a razorâs edge. - Random House, Inc.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠NAMED A BEST BOOK BY PEOPLE AND PARADE ⢠The New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had (âwonderfully immersive…deliciously absorbingââNPR) returns with another brilliantly observed family drama in which the enduring, hard-won affection of a long marriage faces imminent derailment from events both past and present.
âInfidelity, dysfunction, secrets â this family novel delivers."âThe New York Times ⢠"Lombardo has such a fine eye for the weft and warp of a familyâs fabric." âThe Washington Post â¢Â âWitty and insightful...a powerful exploration of marriage, motherhood, and self.ââBonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
Same As It Ever Was showcases the consummate style, signature wit, and profound emotional intelligence that made The Most Fun We Ever Had one of the most beloved novels of the past decade. Featuring a memorably messy family and the multifaceted marriage at its heart, Lombardoâs debut was dubbed âthe literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tylerâ (The Guardian) and hailed as âambitious and brilliantly writtenâ (Washington Post). In this remarkable follow-upâanother elegant and tumultuous story in the tradition of Elizabeth Strout, Ann Patchett, and Celeste NgâLombardo introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters, this time by way of her singularly complicated protagonist.
Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the placid plateau of mid-life. But Julia has never navigated the world with the equanimity of her current privileged class. Having nearly derailed herself several times, making desperate bids for the kind of connection that always felt inaccessible to her, she finally feels, at age fifty seven, that she has a firm handle on things.
Sheâs unprepared, though, for what comes next: a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, an impending separation from her spikey teenaged daughter, and a seductive resurgence of the past, all of which threaten to draw her back into the patterns that had previously kept her on a razorâs edge.
Same As It Ever Was traverses the rocky terrain of real life, âexploring new avenues of maternal ambivalence, intergenerational friendship, and the happenstantial cause-and-effect that governs us all. Delving even deeper into the nature of relationshipsâhow they grow, change, and sometimes endâLombardo proves herself a true and definitive cartographer of the human heart and asserts herself among the finest novelists of her generation.
