The Private Lives of Pippa Lee: Library Edition

Miller, Rebecca

ISBN 10 : 1433244144 ISBN 13 : 9781433244148

Editeur : Blackstone Audiobooks, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Rebecca Miller

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Hugely enjoyable" (INDIA KNIGHT)

"Miller is a luminous writer . . . gazing into these multiple private Pippas is like opening a series of Russian dolls, each intricately wrought, self-contained and self-revealing." (Observer 2008-04-06)

"A beautifully layered and subtle novel of identity, with a wonderfully vivid sense of place and character. And it's hesitatingly wise in all sorts of ways, as well as being a deftly constructed page-turner." (JOSEPH O'CONNOR)

"Poignant, funny and wise" (Financial Times)

"Miller writes with a natural poetic flair that's considered and free from affectation." (Easy Living 2008-05-01)

"Like Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections without the bitterness, mixed with Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides without the eccentricity, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee is a thoroughly enjoyable and engrossing read" (Sunday Telegraph 2008-04-06)

"With beautiful simplicity, Miller unravels Pippa's past and celebrates the stirrings of something new." (Good Housekeeping Book of the Month 2008-05-01)

"Miller's prose is always sharp and visual without being overly descriptive. All of the descriptions, whether of people, places or emotions manage to be both prosaic and evocative... Although it had come to a natural and perfectly timed conclusion, I could happily have read much more about Pippa Lee and her secret lives." (Irish Sunday Independent 2008-03-30)

"Miller's prose is tight and compelling; it moves in its own fast rhythm, richly packed with images that slice open the text . . . revealing the dark waters beneath." (The Times 2008-05-03)

"This compulsively readable novel shows real insight into the lives - and roles - of women. Miller writes with a rare mix of warmth, veracity and barbed wit." (Waterstone's Books Quarterly)

"There is on every page a glint of verbal beauty like a jewel, and Miller's characters are so keenly observed as to be almost painful to read about. The novel's wit and glamour make it one of the best debuts of the year so far." (Literary Review 2008-05-01)

"An elegant and trenchant study of roles and reinvention." (Tatler 2008-07-01)

"A gripping story of romantic entaglement" (Red)

"Miller writes particularly well about the complexities of mother-daughter love... excellent and moving" (Guardian)

"Miller's astute, beautifully nuanced novel explores the unpredictable consequences of choosing to live a safe, but emotionally compromised, life." (Daily Mail)

"As the extraordinary details of her early life are retold, Pippa is revealed as a woman of many contradictions, thrillingly flawed" (Psychologies) --India Knight

"With fabulous writing, a brilliant tale of an adoring housewife struggling to hide her shady past from her oh-so-perfect neighbours" (In Style) --In Style

"Has all the wit and pace of Desperate Housewives" (Eva Must Read) --Eva Must Read

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Pippa Lee is the devoted wife of the brilliant New York publisher Herb Lee. Now in his 80s, Herb is finally retired and ready to make a “pre-emptive strike against his decrepitude” by moving with his wife from Gramercy Park to the Marigold Village retirement community.

Pippa, 30 years younger than Herb, attempts to settle gracefully into life at Marigold Village, but she soon finds herself unravelling: walking, even driving, in her sleep. Chain-smoking. Drawn to the troubled son of a neighbour. Pippa wonders if she is having a nervous breakdown, or if cracks are beginning to show in the veneer she has so carefully constructed.

For Pippa hasn’t always been a sophisticated and beatific wife and parent. She has been daughter to a Dexedrine-addicted mother, Lolita to a teacher, model for S&M lesbian erotica, runaway, drug addict, free spirit and secret mistress -- all before seemingly finding love and security in a family of her own. Now, that identity, too, is coming apart.

In this absorbing, fearless novel, writer and director Rebecca Miller reveals how many lives can exist within one person -- and how leaving them behind is nearly impossible.

In spite of all my devotion, in the early days of my marriage, there were moments when, like a wolf domesticated by humans, I caught a scent of my old ways and felt hemmed in. A beautiful young man walking by on the street, the sight of teenagers high in the park, sometimes threw me off balance; I could feel myself teeter on the edge of my new existence, and imagined the thrill of kissing a man I barely knew, or the sharp kick of amphetamine between my eyes.
—From The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1433244144
• ISBN 13: 9781433244148
• Reliure: CD