This Vacant Paradise: A Novel

This Vacant Paradise: A Novel

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Patterson Beautifully Parses The Consequences Of One Womans Fall In This Memorable, Penetrating, Fully Achieved Novel. The New York Times Book Reviewstory Prize And California Book Award Finalist Victoria Patterson Revisits Newport Beach In This Vacant Paradise, Examining The Intersections Of Economics, Class, Race, Sex, And Family Expectations During The Mid1990S.Esther Lives With Her Grandmother, A Virulent Matriarch Who Controls Her Family Through Her Wealth. Esther Knows That An Advantageous Marriage Replete With Social Standing, Familial And Peer Approval, And Financial Rewards Will Alleviate Her Struggles. But She Has Been Known To Selfsabotage, And Her Loved Ones Are Rooting For Her Not To Blow It With Her Latest Beau, Especially Since Shes At The Ripe Old Age Of Thirtythree.All Is Well Until She Begins A Tumultuous Love Affair With Charlie, A Local College Professor Known For His Unconventional Ideals As Much As For His Golf Game And Good Looks. He Sets A Fire Inside Esther, Sparking And Delivering Herwhether By Choice Or Notfrom The Insular, Safe, And Stifling Confines Of Societal Expectations To An Alternate, Unglamorous, And Indefinable Course. The Result Is A Stunning Debut Novel: A Powerful Work Of Fiction Sure To Provoke And Engage.Patterson Writes With The Exuberance Of A Natural Storyteller. Her Cast Is Rich, Her Narrative Sinuous And Masterfully Structured. San Francisco Chronicleconsidering The Subject Matterthe Real Housewives Of Orange Countypattersons Debut Novel (After Story Collection Drift) Is Surprisingly Sophisticated And Nuanced. Publishers Weekly

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