Rich and Pretty: A Novel - Couverture souple

Alam, Rumaan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1443447544 ISBN 13 : 9781443447546

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2017

Synopsis

This irresistible debut novel, set in contemporary New York, provides a sharp, insightful look at how the relationship between two best friends changes when they are no longer coming of age but learning how to live adult lives

As close as sisters for 20 years, Sarah and Lauren have been together through high school and college, first jobs and first loves, the uncertainties of their 20s and the realities of their 30s. Sarah, the only child of a prominent intellectual and a socialite, works at a charity and is methodically planning her wedding. Lauren—beautiful, independent and unpredictable—is single and working in publishing, deflecting her parents’ worries and questions about her life and future by trying not to think about the subject herself.

Once, Sarah and Lauren were inseparable; for a long a time now, they’ve been drifting apart. Can two women who rarely see each other, selectively share secrets and lead different lives still call themselves best friends? Is it their abiding connection—or just force of habit—that keeps them together?

With style, biting humour and a keen sense of detail, Rumaan Alam deftly explores how the attachments we form in childhood shift as we adapt to our adult lives—and how the bonds of friendship endure, even when our paths diverge.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rumaan Alam is the author of the novels Rich and Pretty, That Kind of Mother, and the instant New York Times bestseller Leave the World Behind. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Bookforum, and the New Republic, where he is a contributing editor. He studied writing at Oberlin College and lives in New York with his family.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

As close as sisters for twenty years, Sarah and Lauren have been together through high school and college, first jobs and first loves, the uncertainties of their twenties and the realities of their thirties. Sarah, the only child of a prominent intellectual and a socialite, works at a charity and is methodically planning her wedding. Lauren—beautiful, independent, and unpredictable—is single and working in publishing, deflecting her parents’ worries and questions about her life and future by trying not to think about it herself. Each woman envies—and is horrified by—particular aspects of the other’s life, topics of conversation they avoid with masterful linguistic pirouettes. 

Once, Sarah and Lauren were inseparable; for a long time now, they’ve been apart. Can two women who rarely see each other, selectively share secrets, and lead different lives still call themselves best friends? Is it their abiding connection—or just force of habit—that keeps them together?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1443447544
• ISBN 13: 9781443447546
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: HarperCollins Publishers Ireland; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; Macken House 39/40 Mayor Street Upper; Dublin 1; D01 C9W8; Irlande