The Engagements
Autor J. Courtney Sullivanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 mai 2014
A "People Magazine" Top 10 Best Book of the Year
The bestselling author of "Maine "returns with an exhilarating novel about Frances Gerety, the real pioneering ad woman who coined the famous slogan "A Diamond is Forever," and four unique marriages that will test how true--or not--those words might be.
Evelyn has been married to her husband for forty years, but their son's messy divorce has put them at rare odds; James, a beleaguered paramedic, has spent most of his marriage haunted by his wife's family's expectations; Delphine has thrown caution to the wind and left a peaceful French life for an exciting but rocky romance in America; and Kate, partnered with Dan for a decade, has seen every kind of wedding and has vowed never, ever, to have one of her own. As the stories connect to each other and to Frances's legacy in surprising ways, "The Engagements "explores the complicated ins and outs of relationships, then, now, and forever.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780307949226
ISBN-10: 0307949222
Pagini: 516
Dimensiuni: 131 x 205 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: VINTAGE BOOKS
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0307949222
Pagini: 516
Dimensiuni: 131 x 205 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: VINTAGE BOOKS
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
Praise for "The Engagements: "
""The Engagements" . . . opens in 1947 with ad-agency copywriter Frances Gerety . . . Struggling to find a last-minute tagline for De Beers, she scribbles down 'A Diamond Is Forever' and promptly falls asleep. For Frances, a lifelong bachelorette, it's just marketing -- her boss points out that the phrase isn't even grammatically correct. But Engagements' other characters show how much her tossed-off idea came to define diamonds as the ultimate symbol of love and commitment . . . [Sullivan is] a born storyteller. Like its mineral muse, "Engagements" shines."
--Leah Greenblatt, "Entertainment Weekly
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"A perceptive portrait . . . In Sullivan's easy, unadorned style, "The Engagements" is a delightful marriage of cultural research and literary entertainment . . . Sullivan handles all the details elegantly, and the situations are surprisingly distinct . . . For all her sharp wit and insight into the agony of failed relationships, Sullivan's no cynic. The novel's final wedding transcends the craziness and the extravagance and the bickering. Against all odds, it represents something genuinely eternal about the love between two people."
--Ron Charles, "The Washington Post"
""The Engagements" is a rollicking, entertaining read and a thought-provoking one too. Several of the characters' voices have stayed in my head, and even days after putting it down I am left with a sturdy, hopeful sense of the fundamental goodwill of people and the abiding power of love . . . [I] am certain it will be one of this summer's big hits."
--Lindsey Mead, "Huffington Post"
" "
"The best-selling author of "Commencement "and "Maine "has written her most ambitious novel yet."
--"Entertainment Weekly
""Sullivan takes the cake when it comes to tying the knot . . . brilliantly captures how the vicissitudes of life--grief, infidelity, pressure--echo throughout a marriage." --Elizabeth Taylor, Editor's Choice, "Chicago Tribu
"Sullivan is a born storyteller. Like its mineral muse, "Engagements" shines."
--"Entertainment Weekly"
""The Engagements" is a delightful marriage of cultural research and literary entertainment."
--"The Washington Post"
"Sullivan takes the cake when it comes to tying the knot. . . . A generously populated, multi-generational tale."
--"The""Chicago Tribune, "Editor's Choice
"Any one of the five stories of "The Engagements" could have been a novel in itself. Taken together, though, they rather brilliantly represent different facets of marriage.... Captivating."
--"The Minneapolis Star Tribune"
"This is one smart summer read."
--"People"
"Well-crafted. . . . Sullivan's admiration and affection for Gerety, and sensitivity to the challenges she faced, make for entertaining and touching passages."
--"USA Today"
""The Engagements" is a rollicking, entertaining read and a thought-provoking one too."
--"The Huffington Post"
"A fun look at diamond advertising and the people who do--and do not--buy into the hype."
--"Real Simple"
"Dazzling. . . . An exhilarating, compulsive read. Sullivan fully inhabits her characters, whether she's writing about a blue-collar Massachusetts emergency worker or a patrician elderly woman."
--"BookPage "
"A seamless tapestry . . . Sullivan is a keen observer of people and how they morph over time, either being softened by the years or made more brittle by strife."
--"Bookreporter"
"Satisfying. . . . At each stage of the game, the engagement ring has a different meaning."
--Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"
"Sullivan has written an intricate, beautifully timed novel, so delicious in its gradual unfolding that readers will want to reread it immediately to enjoy the fully realized ties."
--"Library Journal"
"An honest interpretation of the American marriage along with the true story of how the diamond ring has become so dee
""The Engagements" . . . opens in 1947 with ad-agency copywriter Frances Gerety . . . Struggling to find a last-minute tagline for De Beers, she scribbles down 'A Diamond Is Forever' and promptly falls asleep. For Frances, a lifelong bachelorette, it's just marketing -- her boss points out that the phrase isn't even grammatically correct. But Engagements' other characters show how much her tossed-off idea came to define diamonds as the ultimate symbol of love and commitment . . . [Sullivan is] a born storyteller. Like its mineral muse, "Engagements" shines."
--Leah Greenblatt, "Entertainment Weekly
"
"A perceptive portrait . . . In Sullivan's easy, unadorned style, "The Engagements" is a delightful marriage of cultural research and literary entertainment . . . Sullivan handles all the details elegantly, and the situations are surprisingly distinct . . . For all her sharp wit and insight into the agony of failed relationships, Sullivan's no cynic. The novel's final wedding transcends the craziness and the extravagance and the bickering. Against all odds, it represents something genuinely eternal about the love between two people."
--Ron Charles, "The Washington Post"
""The Engagements" is a rollicking, entertaining read and a thought-provoking one too. Several of the characters' voices have stayed in my head, and even days after putting it down I am left with a sturdy, hopeful sense of the fundamental goodwill of people and the abiding power of love . . . [I] am certain it will be one of this summer's big hits."
--Lindsey Mead, "Huffington Post"
" "
"The best-selling author of "Commencement "and "Maine "has written her most ambitious novel yet."
--"Entertainment Weekly
""Sullivan takes the cake when it comes to tying the knot . . . brilliantly captures how the vicissitudes of life--grief, infidelity, pressure--echo throughout a marriage." --Elizabeth Taylor, Editor's Choice, "Chicago Tribu
"Sullivan is a born storyteller. Like its mineral muse, "Engagements" shines."
--"Entertainment Weekly"
""The Engagements" is a delightful marriage of cultural research and literary entertainment."
--"The Washington Post"
"Sullivan takes the cake when it comes to tying the knot. . . . A generously populated, multi-generational tale."
--"The""Chicago Tribune, "Editor's Choice
"Any one of the five stories of "The Engagements" could have been a novel in itself. Taken together, though, they rather brilliantly represent different facets of marriage.... Captivating."
--"The Minneapolis Star Tribune"
"This is one smart summer read."
--"People"
"Well-crafted. . . . Sullivan's admiration and affection for Gerety, and sensitivity to the challenges she faced, make for entertaining and touching passages."
--"USA Today"
""The Engagements" is a rollicking, entertaining read and a thought-provoking one too."
--"The Huffington Post"
"A fun look at diamond advertising and the people who do--and do not--buy into the hype."
--"Real Simple"
"Dazzling. . . . An exhilarating, compulsive read. Sullivan fully inhabits her characters, whether she's writing about a blue-collar Massachusetts emergency worker or a patrician elderly woman."
--"BookPage "
"A seamless tapestry . . . Sullivan is a keen observer of people and how they morph over time, either being softened by the years or made more brittle by strife."
--"Bookreporter"
"Satisfying. . . . At each stage of the game, the engagement ring has a different meaning."
--Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"
"Sullivan has written an intricate, beautifully timed novel, so delicious in its gradual unfolding that readers will want to reread it immediately to enjoy the fully realized ties."
--"Library Journal"
"An honest interpretation of the American marriage along with the true story of how the diamond ring has become so dee
Descriere
A "People Magazine" Top 10 Best Book of the Year
The bestselling author of "Maine "returns with an exhilarating novel about Frances Gerety, the real pioneering ad woman who coined the famous slogan "A Diamond is Forever," and four unique marriages that will test how true--or not--those words might be.
Evelyn has been married to her husband for forty years, but their son's messy divorce has put them at rare odds; James, a beleaguered paramedic, has spent most of his marriage haunted by his wife's family's expectations; Delphine has thrown caution to the wind and left a peaceful French life for an exciting but rocky romance in America; and Kate, partnered with Dan for a decade, has seen every kind of wedding and has vowed never, ever, to have one of her own. As the stories connect to each other and to Frances's legacy in surprising ways, "The Engagements "explores the complicated ins and outs of relationships, then, now, and forever.
The bestselling author of "Maine "returns with an exhilarating novel about Frances Gerety, the real pioneering ad woman who coined the famous slogan "A Diamond is Forever," and four unique marriages that will test how true--or not--those words might be.
Evelyn has been married to her husband for forty years, but their son's messy divorce has put them at rare odds; James, a beleaguered paramedic, has spent most of his marriage haunted by his wife's family's expectations; Delphine has thrown caution to the wind and left a peaceful French life for an exciting but rocky romance in America; and Kate, partnered with Dan for a decade, has seen every kind of wedding and has vowed never, ever, to have one of her own. As the stories connect to each other and to Frances's legacy in surprising ways, "The Engagements "explores the complicated ins and outs of relationships, then, now, and forever.
Notă biografică
J. Courtney Sullivan is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels "Commencement," "Maine "and" The Engagements. Maine" was named a Best Book of the Year by "Time" magazine, and a "Washington Post" Notable Book for 2011. "The Engagements" was one of "People" Magazine's Top Ten Books of 2013 and an "Irish Times" Best Book of the Year. It will be translated into seventeen languages. Her writing has also appeared in "The New York Times Book Review," the "Chicago Tribune," "New York" magazine, "Elle," "Glamour," "Allure," "Real Simple," and "O: The Oprah Magazine," among many others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.