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基本信息
·出版社：NAL Trade
·页码：416 页码
·出版日：2006年
·ISBN：9780451218537
·条码：9780451218537
·装帧：平装
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The Zarr sisters have traveled far and wide to discover their dreams-and themselves. "Make it in Hollywood" was always Estelle's mantra. She's made it to Hollywood, but she's far from becoming a celebrated fi lm editor. Her sister Erica is in New York, where she's writing fiction, but not feeling quite at home in the literary salon. Meanwhile back in Toronto, Jessie's perfect life, set in stone at the age of twenty-one when she married a doctor and then had two children, has begun to crumble. Even their mother is having doubts about the life she chose, wondering if maybe she should never have put marriage ahead of her blossoming career in show biz...
作者简介
Joanna Goodman is the author of the acclaimedBelle of the Bayou. Her stories have appeared in such publications asFiddlehead,Ottawa Citizen,Event, andNew Quarterly, and the anthologyA Room at the Heart of Things.
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From Publishers Weekly
The Zarr sisters are having a rough go of it: the oldest, Estelle, wants to make it as a movie director and to find a good man, but success eludes her on both fronts. Jessie, meanwhile, worries herself to the edge of mental illness as she juggles a staid marriage with "diet guru" Allan, two inquisitive children and her booming organizing and decorating business. Youngest sister Erica, living in New York, longs to become a writer. Even the girls'' parents, Lilly and former songwriter Milton, are having trouble navigating the late-life doldrums ("He''s retired, his voice isn''t what it used to be, he''s a grandfather... what''s left?"). When Gladys, Milton''s former business and stage partner, dies, the family reunites in Toronto and, between meltdowns and shivah sessions, help one another get sorted out. Estelle realizes she may be better off without a husband when her career takes off. Jessie''s extramarital fling portends a breakdown and a pleasantly broken home. And Erica and her narcissist novelist boyfriend forge a complicated breakup. Goodman''s second (afterBelle of the Bayou) offers a generously imagined panorama of life crises.(Aug. 1)
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FromBooklist
The three sisters grow up in a creative Jewish family in Toronto and are now each pursuing their dreams. Estelle is in Hollywood editing B movies, hoping to become a director, and struggling with her weight and persistent single status. She thinks sister Jessie has the perfect life married to a Jewish doctor, with two beautiful children and a successful business, but, in fact, Jessie is miserable. Erica has dabbled in many artistic pursuits and is now living with a professor in New York and attempting to write. They are all trying to find happiness and live up to the expectations of their mother, who gave up her singing career to raise them. As the family members search for love and meaning, they strengthen their family connection. Goodman''s examination of the bond of family and her strong characters will resonate with many readers.Patty Engelmann
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