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Title: |
Suzanne Davis Gets a Life |
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| By (author): |
Paula Marantz Cohen |
| ISBN10-13: |
1589880951 : 9781589880955 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
205x125mm |
| Pages: |
227 |
| Weight: |
.262 Kg. |
| Published: |
Paul Dry Books, Inc - May 2014 |
| List Price: |
16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 7 |
| Subjects: |
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Suzanne Davis lounges around her tiny New York City apartment in her pyjamas, writing press releases for the International Association of Air-Conditioning Engineers, listening to the ticking of her biological clock, and wondering where life is taking her. As her 35th birthday looms, Suzanne embarks on a wrong-headed, but very funny, quest -- to find Mr Right and start the family she hopes will give meaning to her life. Her quest plunges us into the world of her Upper West Side apartment building, a world of overly invested mothers, fanatical dog-owners, curmudgeonly long-time residents, and young (and not so young) professionals. All are keenly observed by Suzanne, whose witty self-deprecation endears her to us even as it makes us want to shake some sense into her. Light in its tone but incisive in its social satire, Suzanne Davis Gets a Life balances its wit with true concern for its protagonist. We can't help but wish Suzanne success in "getting a life". But can such a search possibly yield the meaning she craves? When her extremely annoying mother arrives on the scene, it appears that her plan has been hijacked. But serious illness opens her to new people and a new perspective. She ends by getting a life -- even as she may lose one. |
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"Incredibly charming Suzanne Davis Gets a Life has an emotional honesty and moments of real wisdom." -- Philadelphia Inquirer
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"Cohen "portrays timeless and universal challenges through a buoyant combination of humor, pathos, and gumption." -- Booklist
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"A witty commentary on contemporary life, enriched by a funny, flawed, and likable heroine." -- Kirkus
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"Ms Cohen is a perceptive, comic writer." -- Wall Street Journal
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