Now available in paperback, tom perrotta meets curtis sittenfeld in this razorsharp debut by alison espach, who weaves a wry, devastatingly perceptive comingofage tale set in connecticuts affluent suburbs marie claire. She weaves together the story of emily marie vidal from 14 to almost 30, and somehow manages to maintain a uniform cast of characters even when new ones are introduced. The adults by alison espach overdrive rakuten overdrive. In her ruefully funny and wickedly perceptive debut novel, alison espach deftly dissects matters of the heart and captures the lives of children and adults as they. The adults in her ruefully funny and wickedly perceptive debut novel, alison espach deftly dissects matters of the heart and captures the lives of children and adults as they come to terms with life, death, and love. Bustle named one of the best books of the year by real simple sometimes a nasty family comedy is just what you need for the holidays. Told in thirty something chapters divided into parts, the adults is a book i will never. If love, actually and national lampoons christmas vacation are your two favorite holiday movies, youre going to love the adults.
In her ruefully funny and wickedly perceptive debut novel, alison espach deftly dissects matters of the heart and captures the lives of children and adults as they come to terms with life, death, and love. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the adults. She earned her masters in creative writing from washington university in st. Espach expresses her books central thought more colloquially. In her ruefully funny and wickedly perceptive debut novel, alison espach deftly dissects matters of the heart and captures the lives of children and adults as they come. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in mcsweeneys, five chapters, glamour, salon, the daily beast, writers digest, and other. Alison espach s mastery of the english language is, personally, a source of major envy. Alison espach grew up in trumbull, connecticut, where she lived for most of her life. Alison espach audio books, best sellers, author bio.
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