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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2011-02-01
- Pages
- 307
- ISBN
- 9781439191859
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1439191859
ISBN-13
9781439191859
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92670281
Product Key Features
Book Title
Adults
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Coming of Age, Literary, Humorous / General
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Coming of age with a quick wit and a sharp eye… The Adults is as idiosyncratic as it is stirring." - New York Times, Coming of age with a quick wit and a sharp eye, "The Adults" is as idiosyncratic as it is stirring. New York Times, "With shining prose and razor-sharp wit, Alison Espach writes about the murky landscape between childhood and adulthood, the mistakes and misunderstandings, the betrayals and the beauty. THE ADULTS is a piercing and authentic journey through adolescence, filled with squeamish missteps and laugh-out-loud insights, wrenching heartache, and characters so rich and tenderly drawn that one can't help but love them through all their flaws and failures. I absolutely adored this book." - Aryn Kyle, author of The God of Animals and Boys and Girls Like You and Me, "Espach is a gifted writer, making Emily brave, bold and timid all at once." e" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "This cri de coeur carries a freshness and charm -- honorable, too, for its cutting accuracy." -- San Francisco Chronicle, "Coming of age with a quick wit and a sharp eye& The Adults is as idiosyncratic as it is stirring." - New York Times, "This cri de coeur carries a freshness and charm - honorable, too, for its cutting accuracy." - San Francisco Chronicle, "Every single sentence has tragicomic verve in The Adults .Alison Espach's coming-of-age novel is jaggedly funny, moving when you least expect it, and wise beyond its years. Parental guidance is strictly optional to enjoy this gem of a debut." -Teddy Wayne, author of Kapitoil, An "outstanding coming-of-age novel....one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Ms. Espach's coup is to chart Emily's growth through her maturing sense of humor." - The Wall Street Journal, eoeComing of age with a quick wit and a sharp eyee The Adults is as idiosyncratic as it is stirring.e - New York Times, eoeWry rather than out-loud funny, laced with melancholy and angst, this book is an enviable first effort.e e" Kirkus, An "outstanding coming-of-age novel....one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Ms. Espach's coup is to chart Emily's growth through her maturing sense of humor." -- The Wall Street Journal, "With shining prose and razor-sharp wit, Alison Espach writes about the murky landscape between childhood and adulthood, the mistakes and misunderstandings, the betrayals and the beauty. THE ADULTS is a piercing and authentic journey through adolescence, filled with squeamish missteps and laugh-out-loud insights, wrenching heartache, and characters so rich and tenderly drawn that one can't help but love them through all their flaws and failures. I absolutely adored this book." -- Aryn Kyle, author of The God of Animals and Boys and Girls Like You and Me , "This cri de coeur carries a freshness and charm -- honorable, too, for its cutting accuracy." -- San Francisco Chronicle, "Tom Perrotta meets Curtis Sittenfeld in this razor-sharp debut by Alison Espach, who weaves a wry, devastatingly perceptive coming-of-age tale set in Connecticut's affluent suburbs." - Marie Claire, "Coming of age with a quick wit and a sharp eye... The Adults is as idiosyncratic as it is stirring." - New York Times, "Wry rather than out-loud funny, laced with melancholy and angst, this book is an enviable first effort." -- Kirkus, "Every single sentence has tragicomic verve in The Adults. Alison Espach's coming-of-age novel is jaggedly funny, moving when you least expect it, and wise beyond its years. Parental guidance is strictly optional to enjoy this gem of a debut." -Teddy Wayne, author of Kapitoil, An eoeoutstanding coming-of-age novele.one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Ms. Espach's coup is to chart Emily's growth through her maturing sense of humor.e e" The Wall Street Journal, "Alison Espach has written her debut novel in one of the most authentic and memorable voices I have ever read. Finding myself on every page of this heartbreaking and hysterically funny book, I began to have the same strange suspicion I had the first time I read Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye , Yates's Revolutionary Road and Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides : the impossible belief that the author might have written this book specifically for me. Like those classics, The Adults is wholly original, astonishingly true, and absolutely vital." -Stefan Merrill Block, "Every single sentence has tragicomic verve in The Adults . Alison Espach's coming-of-age novel is jaggedly funny, moving when you least expect it, and wise beyond its years. Parental guidance is strictly optional to enjoy this gem of a debut." -Teddy Wayne, author of Kapitoil, "Wry rather than out-loud funny, laced with melancholy and angst, this book is an enviable first effort." - Kirkus, "With shining prose and razor-sharp wit, Alison Espach writes about the murky landscape between childhood and adulthood, the mistakes and misunderstandings, the betrayals and the beauty. THE ADULTS is a piercing and authentic journey through adolescence, filled with squeamish missteps and laugh-out-loud insights, wrenching heartache, and characters so rich and tenderly drawn that one cane(tm)t help but love them through all their flaws and failures. I absolutely adored this book." e" Aryn Kyle, author of The God of Animals and Boys and Girls Like You and Me, eoeIte(tm)s hard to be a teenager, but ite(tm)s even harder for a writer to capture a teene(tm)s voice in fiction. . . . [Alison Espach] masters her teene(tm)s voice exceptionally well.e e" Washington Post, "In her impossible-to-put-down debut novel, Alison Espach manages to marry youthful exuberance with deep adult sorrow, quick-silver wit with trenchant observation. The world of The Adults is a familiar one but the voice and the brain at work here are anything but, sparkling and unexpectable and irresistibly wise." -Kathryn Davis, author of The Thin Place , An outstanding coming-of-age novel&.one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Ms. Espach's coup is to chart Emily's growth through her maturing sense of humor. The Wall Street Journal, "Alison Espach has written her debut novel in one of the most authentic and memorable voices I have ever read. Finding myself on every page of this heartbreaking and hysterically funny book, I began to have the same strange suspicion I had the first time I read Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye , Yates's Revolutionary Road and Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides : the impossible belief that the author might have written this book specifically for me. Like those classics, The Adults is wholly original, astonishingly true, and absolutely vital." -Stefan Merrill Block, "It's hard to be a teenager, but it's even harder for a writer to capture a teen's voice in fiction. . . . [Alison Espach] masters her teen's voice exceptionally well." Washington Post, "Every single sentence has tragicomic verve in The Adults . Alison Espach's coming-of-age novel is jaggedly funny, moving when you least expect it, and wise beyond its years. Parental guidance is strictly optional to enjoy this gem of a debut." -Teddy Wayne, author of Kapitoil, "With shining prose and razor-sharp wit, Alison Espach writes about the murky landscape between childhood and adulthood, the mistakes and misunderstandings, the betrayals and the beauty. THE ADULTS is a piercing and authentic journey through adolescence, filled with squeamish missteps and laugh-out-loud insights, wrenching heartache, and characters so rich and tenderly drawn that one can't help but love them through all their flaws and failures. I absolutely adored this book." -- Aryn Kyle, author of The God of Animals and Boys and Girls Like You and Me, eoeTom Perrotta meets Curtis Sittenfeld in this razor-sharp debut by Alison Espach, who weaves a wry, devastatingly perceptive coming-of-age tale set in Connecticute(tm)s affluent suburbs.e - Marie Claire, "It's hard to be a teenager, but it's even harder for a writer to capture a teen's voice in fiction. . . . [Alison Espach] masters her teen's voice exceptionally well." - Washington Post, "Alison Espach has written her debut novel in one of the most authentic and memorable voices I have ever read. Finding myself on every page of this heartbreaking and hysterically funny book, I began to have the same strange suspicion I had the first time I read Salinger'sThe Catcher in the Rye, Yates'sRevolutionary Roadand Eugenides'sThe Virgin Suicides: the impossible belief that the author might have written this book specifically for me. Like those classics,The Adults is wholly original, astonishingly true, and absolutely vital." -Stefan Merrill Block, eoeThis cri de coeur carries a freshness and charm e" honorable, too, for its cutting accuracy.e e" San Francisco Chronicle, "Espach is a gifted writer, making Emily brave, bold and timid all at once." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Every single sentence has tragicomic verve inThe Adults. Alison Espach's coming-of-age novel is jaggedly funny, moving when you least expect it, and wise beyond its years. Parental guidance is strictly optional to enjoy this gem of a debut." -Teddy Wayne, author ofKapitoil, An "outstanding coming-of-age novel....one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Ms. Espach's coup is to chart Emily's growth through her maturing sense of humor." -- The Wall Street Journal, "In her impossible-to-put-down debut novel, Alison Espach manages to marry youthful exuberance with deep adult sorrow, quick-silver wit with trenchant observation. The world of The Adults is a familiar one but the voice and the brain at work here are anything but, sparkling and unexpectable and irresistibly wise." -Kathryn Davis, author of The Thin Place, "With shining prose and razor-sharp wit, Alison Espach writes about the murky landscape between childhood and adulthood, the mistakes and misunderstandings, the betrayals and the beauty. THE ADULTS is a piercing and authentic journey through adolescence, filled with squeamish missteps and laugh-out-loud insights, wrenching heartache, and characters so rich and tenderly drawn that one can't help but love them through all their flaws and failures. I absolutely adored this book." Aryn Kyle, author of The God of Animals and Boys and Girls Like You and Me, "Espach is a gifted writer, making Emily brave, bold and timid all at once." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
In her ruefully funny and wickedly perceptive debut novel, Alison Espach deftly dissects matters of the heart and captures the lives of children and adults as they come to terms with life, death, and love. At the center of this affluent suburban universe is Emily Vidal, a smart and snarky teenager, who gets involved in a suspect relationship with one of the adults after witnessing a suicide in her neighborhood. Among the cast of unforgettable characters is Emily's father, whose fiftieth birthday party has the adults descending upon the Vidal's patio; her mother, who has orchestrated the elaborate party even though she and her husband are getting a divorce; and an assortment of eccentric neighbors, high school teachers, and teenagers who teem with anxiety and sexuality and an unbridled desire to be noticed, and ultimately loved. An irresistible chronicle of a modern young woman's struggle to grow up, The Adults lays bare--in perfect pitch--a world where an adult and a child can so dangerously be mistaken for the same exact thing.
LC Classification Number
PS3605.S59A65 2011
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- n***c (94)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.