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TROUBLE
by Christensen, Kate
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0385527306
- ISBN 13
- 9780385527309
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Doubleday, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A vibrant story of female friendship and midlife sexual awakening from the acclaimed author of THE GREAT MAN. Josie is a Manhattan psychotherapist living a comfortable life with her husband and daughter-until, while suddenly flirting with a man at a party, she is struck with the sudden realization that she must leave her passionless marriage. A thrillingly sordid encounter with a stranger she meets at a bar immediately follows. At the same time, her college friend Raquel, a Los Angeles rock star, is being pilloried in the press for sleeping with a much younger man who happens to have a pregnant girlfriend. This proves to be red meat to the gossip hounds of the Internet. The two friends escape to Mexico City for a Christmas holiday of retreat and rediscovery of their essential selves. Sex has gotten these two bright, complicated women into interesting trouble, and the story of their struggles to get out of that trouble is totally gripping at every turn. A tragicomedy of marriage and friendship, TROUBLE is a funny, piercing, and moving examination of the battle between the need for connection and the quest for freedom that every modern woman must fight. Author of IN THE DRINK, JEREMY THRANE, THE EPICURE'S LAMENT, and THE GREAT MAN (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award). As new, unread. first edition, first printing,, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.[Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] MLBS1
Synopsis
A vibrant story of female friendship and midlife sexual awakening from the acclaimed author of The Great ManJosie is a Manhattan psychotherapist living a comfortable life with her husband and daughter--until, while suddenly flirting with a man at a party, she is struck with the sudden realization that she must leave her passionless marriage. A thrillingly sordid encounter with a stranger she meets at a bar immediately follows. At the same time, her college friend Raquel, a Los Angeles rock star, is being pilloried in the press for sleeping with a much younger man who happens to have a pregnant girlfriend. This proves to be red meat to the gossip hounds of the Internet. The two friends escape to Mexico City for a Christmas holiday of retreat and rediscovery of their essential selves. Sex has gotten these two bright, complicated women into interesting trouble, and the story of their struggles to get out of that trouble is totally gripping at every turn.A tragicomedy of marriage and friendship, Trouble is a funny, piercing, and moving examination of the battle between the need for connection and the quest for freedom that every modern woman must fight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020238
- Title
- TROUBLE
- Author
- Christensen, Kate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385527306
- ISBN 13
- 9780385527309
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, N. Y., U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 311
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Product_type
- 2
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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