Ordinary people: a novel
by Evans, Diana
In a crooked house in South London, Melissa feels increasingly that she's defined solely by motherhood, while Michael mourns the former thrill of their romance. In the suburbs, Stephanie's aspirations for bliss on the commuter belt, coupled with her white middle-class upbringing, compound Damian's itch for a bigger life catalyzed by the death of his activist father. Longtime friends from the years when passion seemed permanent, the couples have stayed in touch, gathering for births and annivers…
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- Full title :Ordinary people : a novel / Diana Evans.
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In a crooked house in South London, Melissa feels increasingly that she's defined solely by motherhood, while Michael mourns the former thrill of their romance. In the suburbs, Stephanie's aspirations for bliss on the commuter belt, coupled with her white middle-class upbringing, compound Damian's itch for a bigger life catalyzed by the death of his activist father. Longtime friends from the years when passion seemed permanent, the couples have stayed in touch, gathering for births and anniversaries, bonding over discussions of politics, race, and art. But as bonds fray, the lines once clearly marked by wedding bands aren't so simply defined. Ordinary People is a moving examination of identity and parenthood, sex and grief, and the fragile architecture of love.
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- Publication Date:2018
- Edition:First American edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2018
The Physical Object
- Description:329 pages ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781631494819, 1631494813
- oclc:on1021806933
- LC Classification:PR6105.V345
- Dewey Decimal:823/.92
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