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Alternate Side
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
The tensions in a tight-knit neighborhood - and a seemingly happy marriage - are exposed by an unexpected act of violence in this provocative new novel from the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Miller’s Valley and Still Life with Bread Crumbs.
Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life - except when there’s a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, or a problem with their twins at college. And why not? New York City was once Nora’s dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. Then one morning she returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood, and the fault lines begin to open: on the block, at her job, especially in her marriage. With humor, understanding, an acute eye, and a warm heart, Anna Quindlen explores what it means to be a mother, a wife, and a woman at a moment of reckoning.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-03-18
Never quite got going
I was disappointed in this book as I usually enjoy this author. I felt the whole story line never really got going and I struggled to find the point of the plot. The characters other than Nora were poorly developed and unconvincing and the plot uninteresting. At times the language was good but overall I was disappointed
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- Zebra Karma
- 21-09-18
A cure for insomnia
Anna Quindlen is a fine writer but this novel was such a snorefest. It was so tedious that in the end, determined not to abandon it, I listened to it in bed. Every single time I drifted off to the land of nod so quickly!
There’s no plot, no intrigue, just a bunch of dull, middle-aged New Yorkers living in a gentrified pocket of Manhattan. But you never get so much as a bagel crust, it could’ve been set in any city where property has become a commodity.
I didn’t care what happened to any of the characters either. The one bright spot was Ellen Archer’s narration which is exquisite.
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