White Elephant
A turf war between neighbors leads to a small-town crisis in this sharply observed debut novel perfect for fans of Tom Perrotta, Meg Wolitzer, and Celeste Ng. The white elephant looms large over the town of Willard Park: a newly-constructed behemoth of a home, it towers over the quaint houses, including Allison and Ted Millers' tiny hundred year old home. When owner Nick Cox cuts down the Millers' precious red maple--in an effort to make his unsightly property more appealing to buyers--their once serene town becomes a battleground. While tensions between Ted and Nick escalate, other dysfunctions abound: Allison finds herself compulsively drawn to the man who threatens to upend her quietly organized life. A lawyer with a pot habit and a serious mid-life crisis skirts his responsibilities. And in a quest for popularity, a teenage girl gets caught up in a not-so-harmless prank. Newcomers and longtime residents alike clash in conflicting pursuits of the American Dream, with trees mysteriously uprooted, fingers pointed, and lines drawn. White Elephant is a tangled-web tale of a community on the verge and its all-too-human inhabitants, who long to connect but can't seem to find the words. It's a story about opposing sides struggling to find a middle ground--a parable for our times.
yazar | Julie Langsdorf |
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Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 13.49 x 1.83 x 20.32 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı | 28 Ocak 2020 |
1 Ocak 2018 Kolektif G. A. Henty F Scott Fitzgerald 15,2 x 0,7 x 22,9 cm B M Bower 1 x 13,5 x 19,5 cm 15,2 x 0,6 x 22,9 cm H. G. Wells 19,5 x 13,5 cm 28 Şubat 2018 4 Ocak 2017 5 Ocak 2017 3 Ocak 2017 1 Ocak 2017 Jack London 1 x 13,5 x 21 cm 19,5 x 1 x 13,5 cm
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yazar | Julie Langsdorf |
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isbn 13 | 978-0062857767 |
Yayımcı | Ecco Press; Reprint basım |
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 13.49 x 1.83 x 20.32 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı White Elephant | 28 Ocak 2020 |
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