For fans of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler comes a brilliantly
provocative novel from the Richard and Judy Book Club and Number
One bestselling author Anna Quindlen. 'Mesmerizing. Quindlen makes
her characters so richly alive, so believable, that it's impossible
not to feel every doubt and dream they harbour . . . Overwhelmingly
moving' New York Times Anna Quindlen follows her highly-praised
novel Miller's Valley - 'reads like a companion to Elizabeth
Strout's Olive Kitteridge', Elisabeth Egan - with a captivating
novel about money, class and self-discovery set in the heart of New
York where the tensions in a tight-knit neighbourhood - and a
seemingly happy marriage - are exposed by an unexpected act of
violence. There are days when 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? Nora has never stopped loving New
York, and their street has become a safe harbour, a tranquil
village amid the urban craziness. The residents watch one another's
children grow up. They trade gossip and gripes, and they manoeuvre
for the ultimate status symbol: a spot in the block's small parking
lot. Then, into their secure, privileged midst comes an unexpected
act of violence and their enviable neighbourhood turns into a
potent symbol of a divided city. This is a novel of domesticity, of
the jarring cacophony of city life and of daily routine and
conversation and expectation being suddenly, awkwardly disrupted.
It is about the change of dynamics wrought within a family when
children leave home and the fading of love within an outwardly
settled marriage. Utterly absorbing and impeccably observed,
Alternate Side explores, too, what it means to be a mother, a wife
and a woman at a moment of reckoning. 'Qualities and shades of love
are this writer's strong suit, and she has the unusual talent for
writing about them with so much truth and heart that one is carried
away on a tidal wave of involvement and concern' Elizabeth Jane
Howard 'I'm a big fan of US author Anna Quindlen's sharp writing.
Her latest novel, Alternate Side, is a clear-eyed look at a long
marriage, written with wit and warmth' Good Housekeeping 'A book
about being a mother, a wife and a woman at a moment of reckoning,
this is an acutely observed story' Stylist Books 'Middle age proves
treacherous ground in this smart comedy of manners... Insightful,
acerbic and pleasingly tinged with melancholy' Mail on Sunday
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