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| Original Title: | The Pursuit of Happiness |
| ISBN: | 0099439840 (ISBN13: 9780099439844) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Manhattan, New York City, New York,1945(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Prix littéraire du Festival du cinéma américain de Deauville (2003) |
Douglas Kennedy
Paperback | Pages: 656 pages Rating: 4.12 | 4896 Users | 438 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Pursuit of Happiness |
| Author | : | Douglas Kennedy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 656 pages |
| Published | : | May 2nd 2002 by Arrow (first published 2001) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance |
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Manhattan, Thanksgiving Eve, 1945. The war was over, and Eric Smythe's party was in full swing. All his clever Greenwich Village friends were there. So too was his sister Sara -- an independent, canny young woman, starting to make her way in the big city. And then in walked a gatecrasher, Jack Malone -- a U. S. Army journalist just back from a defeated Germany, and a man whose world-view did not tally with that of Eric and his friends. Set amidst the dynamic optimism of postwar New York and the subsequent nightmare of the McCarthy witch-hunts, The Pursuit of Happiness is a great tragic love story; a tale of divided loyalties, decisive moral choices, and the random workings of destiny.Rating Regarding Books The Pursuit of Happiness
Ratings: 4.12 From 4896 Users | 438 ReviewsCrit Regarding Books The Pursuit of Happiness
I had a problem with this book. It was good but there was something about it that never worked for me. Lots of drama and an interesting story but it just never had believability. I couldn't lose myself in it - I was questioning and critiquing the whole way through. I kept thinking - "that would/could never have happened". It had the potential for magic but I think, because it couldn't hold onto its connection with the real, it fell short.Wowza. This one was a long one. Thats why I havent posted a review in a while. I was working my way through this bad boy, but it was definitely worth it.This is a book you can really sink in to. Its setting and the writing are so detailed that it kind of draws you in even if youre reluctant to the story. Sometimes with historical novels I feel like the author really just wrote a story set in 2014 and just removed the cell phones. This book really gets into the McCarthyism era and all of the
The sharpness, the narratives, the contrast and homogeneity of post-war and post-modern eras, two brilliant defiant female narrators and all those shades of human emotions are few understatements for this book. It must have been the charm the Autumn shower did on me that I couldn't help but complete the whole thing in one read.
The story starts with Kate at her mothers funeral and a stranger who appears at the funeral. Then it goes back to tell is who this woman is, why she came to the funeral and what her interest is in Kate. I liked the way the story went back to fill in the background and history of Sara Smythe and Jack Malone. This is a story of choices and consequences that have far reaching effects on others. The characters are complex and well portrayed. Even if I didnt agree with their choices, it was easy to
This is my 3rd Kennedy book and I'm glad it was much more like the first one I read ("Leaving the World"). I'm impressed, again, that the narrator of this book, like "Leaving," was a woman. Kennedy does a good job of using a woman's voice. I actually forgot that a man wrote it. Is that sexist? I don't know. I just know that he's a good storyteller. There always seems to be dark elements and tortured souls in his novels but not so much that you get depressed and want to give up reading. Instead,
I'm so glad I found this book at the dump shop and who would've thought it'd be this GOOD!! I loved all the characters and the way the story was told. It really puts your life into perspective and makes you think about how you can never really know what someone might be going through. I highly recommend!!
The sharpness, the narratives, the contrast and homogeneity of post-war and post-modern eras, two brilliant defiant female narrators and all those shades of human emotions are few understatements for this book. It must have been the charm the Autumn shower did on me that I couldn't help but complete the whole thing in one read.
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