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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Egan, Elisabeth.     Subjects     Working mothers -- Fiction.     Career development -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Egan, Elisabeth.       by title:      A window opens : a n...         MARC Display

A window opens : a novel / Elisabeth Egan. by Egan, Elisabeth. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015. Subjects Working mothers -- Fiction.   Career development -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781501105432 (hardback) : 1501105434 (hardback) Description:  370 pages ; 24 cm Edition:  First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "From the beloved books editor at Glamour magazine comes a heartfelt and painfully funny debut about what happens when a wife and mother of three leaps at the chance to fulfill her professional destiny--only to learn every opportunity comes at a price. In A Window Opens, Elisabeth Egan brings us Alice Pearse, a compulsively honest, longing-to-have-it-all, sandwich generation heroine for our social-media-obsessed, lean in (or opt out) age. Like her fictional forebears Kate Reddy and Bridget Jones, Alice plays many roles (which she never refers to as "wearing many hats" and wishes you wouldn't, either). She is a mostly-happily married mother of three, an attentive daughter, an ambivalent dog-owner, a part-time editor, a loyal neighbor, and a Zen commuter. She is not: a cook, a craftswoman, a decorator, an active PTA member, a natural caretaker, or the breadwinner. But when her husband makes a radical career change, Alice is ready to lean in--and she knows exactly how lucky she is to land a job at Scroll, a hip young start-up which promises to be the future of reading, with its chain of chic literary lounges and dedication to beloved classics. The Holy Grail of working mothers--an intellectually satisfying job and a happy personal life--seems suddenly within reach. Despite the disapproval of her best friend, who owns the local bookstore, Alice is proud of her new "balancing act" (which is more like a three-ring circus) until her dad gets sick, her marriage flounders, her babysitter gets fed up, her kids start to grow up, and her work takes an unexpected turn. Fans of I Don't Know How She Does It, Where'd You Go Bernadette, and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry will cheer as Alice realizes the question is not whether it's possible to have it all, but what does she--Alice Pearse--really want?"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kailua Public Library Adult Fiction Egan Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahala P/S Library Adult Fiction Egan Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waianae Public Library Adult Fiction Egan Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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