Perfect Life
Jessica Shattuck
(Author)
Description
In this smart and engaging follow-up to her well-received debut, The Hazards of Good Breeding, Shattuck focuses on three privileged Gen X college roommates who are now grown up, coupled up, and raising kids in pre-recession Boston. The cracks in their perfect lives begin to show when the most precocious of the trio, a gorgeous striver named Jenny whose husband is infertile, makes the unconventional decision to have a baby with a sperm donation from Neil, her brainy, slacker ex-boyfriend from Harvard. . . . Stylish storytelling and sharp social commentary . . . make Perfect Life both topical and eminently readable. People"Product Details
Price
$24.95
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
June 14, 2010
Pages
315
Dimensions
5.58 X 0.9 X 8.24 inches | 0.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393304596
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About the Author
Jessica Shattuck is the New York Times bestselling author of The Women in the Castle, The Hazards of Good Breeding, a New York Times Notable Book and finalist for the PEN/Winship Award, and Perfect Life. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Glamour, Mother Jones, and Wired, among other publications.
Reviews
An excellent, resonant novel.
A social commentary on rampant capitalism, unbridled science, love and fidelity.
With her elegant prose, Shattuck manages to make her characters' stories feel both engrossing and utterly real.
A social commentary on rampant capitalism, unbridled science, love and fidelity.
With her elegant prose, Shattuck manages to make her characters' stories feel both engrossing and utterly real.
