A BIG COMPELLING NOVEL...UNFLINCHINGLY REAL... INTIMATE IN A COMPLETELY DISARMING WAY." --Detroit News Pete Chickery is dead. It was sudden, it was violent, and it was by his own wife's hand. Why would Jessie Chickery, the prettiest, most enviable "girl" in her fortysomething set, take the life of the charming, sexy husband she obsessively loved? Everyone loved Pete. All the guys he grew up with--and their wives. Especially their wives, his wife's best friends. They are home-loving Ellen, tough-talking Tee, New York actress Frances, Jessie's sister Anne, and Pete's sister Anita--and now each tells the untold story of how Pete meant the world to her, how he made her feel adored, special, and satisfied. He was everything to everyone, but he wasn't enough--or he was just too much of a good thing.... "ONE OF THOSE BOOKS THAT IS HARD TO LEAVE BEHIND." --The Washington Post Book World "KAGAN'S KEEN EAR FOR DIALOGUE SERVES HER WELL....SHE PITCHES IT JUST RIGHT." --The Raleigh News & Observer
Until one hot, dry Monday when Jack leaves to make the monthly drive and never shows up. Now, these two very different women who have contained their resentment of each other must come together to find the man they love.
At 12, Chassi Jennings witnessed the tragic death of her mother, Academy Award-winning actress Sally Brash. Now 25 and a box-office star in her own right, Chassi is about to re-create her mother's signature role in a remake of No Trumpets, No Drums. But as filming approaches, Chassi finds herself plagued by dizzy spells and is sent to psychotherapist Eleanor Costello for help. As Eleanor quietly leads Chassi to confront her memories and grief, she, too, begins to face deeply buried sorrows -- her husband's death and her estrangementfrom her only daughter. And between their sessions is Ionie St. John, a waitress who serves Chassi lattes at the local Cuppa Joe downstairs. An aspiring actress, Ionie, too, is a woman with ambitions and secrets of her own. In this intricately woven story of mothers and daughters, loss and reconciliation, the lives of these three women overlap as they search for their true selves and for those they've lost.
In 1982, the American film star Sally Brash won an Oscar for her leading role in the year's best picture, No Trumpets, No Drums. It was made by her husband, acclaimed film producer Saul Jennings. The following year, outside a restaurant in Rome, Sally Brash was killed, hit in the street by a passing car. Her eleven-year-old daughter, Chassi, watched from the pavement. The movie world mourned. Fourteen years later, Chassi Jennings is a box-office star like her mother, beautiful and talented in a way of her own. But suddenly she's dizzy on the set, she can't seem to pretend she's okay, and the film she's shooting has to shut down. With the biggest film of her life approaching re-creating her mother's signature role in her father's remake of No Trumpets, No Drums-Chassi is sent to psychotherapist Eleanor Costello, Ph.D., who quietly unveils Chassi's memories. In the room where Chassi untangles her grief, Eleanor begins to relive the death of her husband and the estrangement of her only daughter, Caroline. And in between sessions, Ionie St. John, aspiring actress, serves Chassi lattes at the local Cuppa Joe downstairs. In this intricately woven story of mothers and daughters, loss and reconciliation, and the stubborn nature of truth, the lives of these three women overlap as they search for their true selves and for those they have lost. In Elaine Kagan's beautifully crafted and astonishing fourth novel, we see the Hollywood of old and new, we struggle with the truths and disappointments of two generations of families, and in them we sneak up on pieces of ourselves.
It Was Love At First Sight. He was a bad boy, an irresistible ex-con from the wrong side of the tracks. She was a nice middle-class Jewish girl--smart and quiet, prettier than she even knew. Will and Jenny shared a passion that defied their backgrounds, and when Jenny got pregnant, they planned to elope. But on the big day something went terribly wrong...and after the baby was born, Jenny gave her up for adoption, to a nice couple who called her Claudia and raised her as their own. Now Claudia is all grown up. While she loves her adoptive parents, she is haunted by dreams of her "other mother." Curious to discover the truth, Claudia begins a search that will lead her to the avenues of Manhattan and the mountains of California--to a man and woman separated by fate and time whose love for each other still burns strong...
The story of three generations of women. There is Mollie, whose marriage survived World War II, only to be destroyed by her husband's gambling, there is her daughter, Gilliana, who seeks her counsel regarding her own troubled marriage, and there is Gilliana's daughter, Clara, who intends to avoid the mistakes of the previous generations.
Aus Liebe zu einem Tankwart entflieht die schöne Jenny Jaffe der Beengtheit ihres wohlhabenden Elternhauses. Will McDonald ist vorbestraft. Und tätowiert. Die beiden sind bald unzertrennlich, und mit achtzehn ist Jenny schwanger. Sie planen die Flucht. Jenny wartet am ausgemachten Ort. Aber Will kommt nicht. Die Geschichte einer verzweifelten Sehnsucht, die drei Jahrzehnte anhält – die Sehnsucht einer Frau nach ihrem Mann und einer Mutter nach ihrem Kind, das sie schließlich zur Adoption freigeben musste.
Ellen, Francis, Tee, Anita, Anne und Jessie, sechs ehemalige Freundinnen aus der High School, kommen nach über zwanzig Jahren wieder zusammen. Alte Erinnerungen werden aufgefrischt, aber auch lang verschwiegene Wahrheiten aufgedeckt. Was ist mit dem Schulschwarm Pete passiert, der ums Leben kam? Was ist aus den alten Träumen von Glück, Liebe, Freundschaft und Karriere geworden?
Thank you for visiting our website. Would you like to provide feedback on how we could improve your experience?
This site does not use any third party cookies with one exception — it uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic.Learn More.