Alternate Side: A Novel,Used

Alternate Side: A Novel,Used

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Brand: Random House Books for Young Readers
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Captures the angst and anxiety of modern life with . . . astute observations about interactions between the haves and havenots, and the realities of life among the longmarried.USA TodayA 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 Millers Valley and Still Life with Bread Crumbs.Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed lifeexcept when theres 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 Noras dream destination, and her clannish deadend block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. The owners watch one anothers 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 blocks small parking lot.Then one morning, Nora returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood, and the enviable deadend block turns into a potent symbol of a divided city. The fault lines begin to open: on the block, at Noras job, and especially in her marriage.Praise for Alternate Side[Anna] Quindlens quietly precise evaluation of intertwined lives evinces a keen understanding of and appreciation for universal human frailties.Booklist (starred review)Exquisitely rendered . . . [Quindlen] is one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life. . . . [Alternate Side] has an almost documentary feel, a verisimilitude thats awfully hard to achieve.The New York Times Book ReviewAn exceptional depiction of complex charactersparticularly their weaknesses and uncertaintiesand the intricacies of close relationships . . . Quindlens provocative novel is a New York City drama of fractured marriages and uncomfortable class distinctions.Publishers Weekly

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