Winston, Lolly

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Winston, Lolly

Beschreibung

Elinor Mackey has lived her life in perfect order: college, law school, successful corporate career, marriage. But suddenly her world is falling apart. Now in her late 30s, it's seems likely that she and her husband, Ted, will never have children. As Elinor withdraws from Ted into an interior world of heartbreak and anger, Ted begins an affair with Gina, the nutritionist at their gym - a young woman with an inquisitive, angry, insatiable ten-year-old son, Toby, who adores Ted.

Gina has her own complicated life but Ted finds comfort in her perkiness and enthusiasm for life, as Elinor turns to The Iliad and her garden, watching the stars at night and finding comfort in the laundry room, nursing her pain. But it is here that she learns the truth, and as they seek to mend their fractured marriage, Elinor tries to bury her anger and hurt and Ted tries not to think about Gina. And then Elinor finds herself pregnant and suddenly they are faced with choices they never thought they'd have to make...

Happiness Sold Separately looks beyond the manicured surface of suburbia to a world of loss, longing, desire and betrayal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hutchinson
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9780091799946
• ISBN-10: 0091799945
• Artikelnr.: 20900182

Rezensionen

"The marriage of Ted and Elinor Mackey, a yuppie podiatrist-lawyer couple in their early-40s living in Northern California, is pushed to the brink when Elinor learns that Ted is having an affair with his trainer, Gina Ellison. Elinor's reaction-pity-surprises her. Winston (Good Grief) adroitly makes it clear that Ted's affair is a symptom: infertility problems have caused years of emotional turmoil. And Gina's no bimbo: she has a loving but difficult relationship with Ted, complicated further by her young son, Toby, and his immediate attachment to Ted as a stable father figure. When Elinor confronts Ted and Gina, Ted quickly ends the affair; neither is sure if infidelity or infertility should end their marriage. During their separation, Elinor takes a sabbatical from her law firm and casually dates Noah Orch, a hunky but dull arborist. Ted haphazardly resumes his relationship with Gina. As he realizes that his connection to her is more than an escape from a bad marriage, all concerned have decisions to make. Winston has a real feel for the push and pull of a marriage in crisis, and delivers it in a brisk, funny, no-nonsense style that still comes off as respectful of the material." (Publishers Weekly)