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DescriptionFrom critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New Orleans summer If I know why he is the way he is then maybe I can learn why I am the way I am, says Alex Tuchman, strong-headed lawyer, loving mother, and daughter of Victor Tuchman--a power-hungry real estate developer and, by all accounts, a bad man. Now that Victor is on his deathbed, Alex feels she can finally unearth the secrets of who he is and what he did over the course of his life and career. She travels to New Orleans to be with her family, but mostly to interrogate her tightlipped mother, Barbra. As Barbra fends off Alexs unrelenting questions, she reflects on her tumultuous life with Victor. Meanwhile Gary, Alexs brother, is incommunicado, trying to get his movie career off the ground in Los Angeles. And Garys wife, Twyla, is having a nervous breakdown, buying up all the lipstick in drug stores around New Orleans and bursting into crying fits. Dysfunction is at its peak. As each family member grapples with Victors history, they must figure out a way to move forward--with one another, for themselves, and for the sake of their children. ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS is a timely, piercing exploration of what it means to be caught in the web of a toxic man who abused his power; it shows how those webs can tangle a family for generations and what it takes to--maybe, hopefully--break free. With her signature sparkling prose (Marie Claire) and pitch-perfect wit, Jami Attenberg deftly explores one of the most important subjects of our age.About the AuthorJAMI ATTENBERG is the New York Times best-selling author of seven books of fiction, including The Middlesteins and All Grown Up. She has contributed essays to the New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times, and Longreads, among other publications. She lives in New Orleans.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Houghton Mifflin
