Ordinary people : a novel / Diana Evans.
Hailed as "one of the most thrilling writers at work today" (Huffington Post), Diana Evans reaches new heights with her searing depiction of two couples struggling through a year of marital crisis. In a crooked house in South London, Melissa feels increasingly that she's defined solely by motherhood, while Michael mourns the former thrill of their romance. In the suburbs, Stephanie's aspirations for bliss on the commuter belt, coupled with her white middle-class upbringing, compound Damian's itch for a bigger life catalyzed by the death of his activist father. Longtime friends from the years when passion seemed permanent, the couples have stayed in touch, gathering for births and anniversaries, bonding over discussions of politics, race, and art. But as bonds fray, the lines once clearly marked by wedding bands aren't so simply defined. Ordinary People is a moving examination of identity and parenthood, sex and grief, and the fragile architecture of love.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781631494819
- ISBN: 1631494813
- Physical Description: 329 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]
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Subject: | Married people > Fiction. Marriage > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Allentown Public Library | EVANS, DIANA (Text) | 34455006488452 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009045858 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | FIC EVANS DIANA (Text) | 35740635356298 | Fiction | Available | - |
Huntingdon County Library | F EVA (Text) | 30298100573504 | Fiction | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Evans (Text) | 39427103420246 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | FIC EVA (Text) | 33400001410219 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Mahanoy City Public Library | FIC Eva (Text) | 35029001033354 | MACM Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Mifflin Community Library | EVA (Text) | 33249023271715 | Fiction | Available | - |
Milford Library | F EVA (Text) | 30352101229887 | Fiction | Available | - |
Pottsville Free Public Library | Fic (Text) | 30003008908087 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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