A “sharply funny and sobering . . . portrait of a family in
financial free fall” from the New York Times–bestselling author of
Young Jane Young (People). With The Hole We’re In—a bold,
timeless, yet all too timely novel about a troubled American family
navigating an even more troubled America—award-winning author and
screenwriter, Gabrielle Zevin, delivers a work that places her in the
ranks of our shrewdest social observers and top literary talents.
Meet the Pomeroys: a church-going family living in a too-red house in
a Texas college town. Roger, the patriarch, has impulsively gone back
to school, only to find his future ambitions at odds with the
temptations of the present. His wife, Georgia, tries to keep things
afloat at home, but she’s been feeding the bill drawer with unopened
envelopes for months and never manages to confront its swelling
contents. In an attempt to climb out of the holes they’ve dug, Roger
and Georgia make a series of choices that have catastrophic
consequences for their three children—especially for Patsy, the
youngest, who will spend most of her life fighting to overcome them.
The Hole We’re In shines a spotlight on some of the most relevant
issues of today: over-reliance on credit, gender and class politics,
and the war in Iraq. But it is Zevin’s deft exploration of the
fragile economy of family life that makes this a book for the ages.
“Blazing . . . Sharp . . . a Corrections for our recessionary
times . . . [Zevin] establishes herself as an astute chronicler of
the way we spend now.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
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A Novel
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780802197894
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Black Cat (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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