PRE-ORDER this page-turning, emotional and evocative novel and be
transported to mid-century New York City... 'BOOK OF THE MONTH'
WOMAN &,amp, HOME'DAZZLING DEBUT' GOOD
HOUSEKEEPING'SUPERLATIVE' RED'SO VIVIDLY EVOKED' CLARE CHAMBERS,
AUTHOR OF SMALL PLEASURES'I WAS GRIPPED FROM THE FIRST PAGE' SARA
COX'BROKE ME, PUT ME BACK TOGETHER. JUST BUY THIS.YOU WON'T REGRET
IT' 5* READER REVIEW 'SUMMER SPARKLES IN THIS BOOK AND SO DOES THE
PROSE!' DAMIAN BARR 'HIGHLY RECOMMENDED' NIKKI MAY, AUTHOR OF
WAHALA1955: In an apartment on the Lower East Side, school teachers
Dovie and Gillian live as lodgers. Dancing behind closed curtains,
mixing cocktails for two, they guard their private lives fiercely.
Until someone guesses the truth .. . 1975: Twenty years later in
the same apartment, Ava Winters is keeping her own secret.Her
mother has become erratic, haunted by something Ava doesn't
understand - until one sweltering July morning, she disappears.
Soon after her mother's departure, Ava receives a parcel. Addressed
simply to 'Apartment 3B', it contains a photo of a woman with the
word 'LIAR' scrawled across it.Ava does not know what it means or
who sent it. But if she can find out then perhaps she'll discover
the answers she is seeking - and meet the woman at the heart of it
all . .. READERS ARE FALLING IN LOVE WITH THAT GREEN EYED GIRL'The
pacing is perfect, the voice is striking' 5* READER REVIEW'So well
written that you truly feel like you're there' 5* READER REVIEW'The
ending will floor you' 5* READER REVIEW'I was blown away by this
book! So evocative of the period' 5* READER REVIEW'It would make a
lovely film, with beautiful visuals and a killer jazz soundtrack'
5* READER REVIEW'Pick it up if you wanted to be transported to
mid-century NYC (and if you like a novel that makes you want to
dance and weep in equal measure)' 5* READER REVIEW'This is the kind
of book that takes your heart in its hands' 5* READER REVIEW
Mladá psychologička Emerie sa práve udomácňuje vo svojej
novoprenajatej newyorskej kancelárii, keď ju prepadne akýsi chlap.
Emerie ho považuje za vlamača, no vysvitne, že tým nepozvaným
hosťom je v skutočnosti ona. Nóbl kancelária patrí právnikovi
Drewovi Jaggerovi, a kým dovolenkoval na Havaji, jeho priestory
prenajal Emerie nejaký falošný realitný agent. Na druhý deň, po
výsluchu na policajnej stanici, sa Drew nad ryšavkou zľutuje a dá
jej ponuku, ktorá sa v jej zlej finančnej situácii neodmieta – môže
zostať v jeho kancelárii, kým si nenájde iné miesto, výmenou za
pomoc pri dvíhaní telefónov. Emerie by mala byť vďačná a držať
jazyk za zubami, lenže keď počuje, aké rady rozdáva tento rozvodový
právnik klientom, ide ju roztrhať. Emerie je totiž manželská
poradkyňa a vzťahy napráva, nie rozvracia. Lenže Drew je nafúkaný,
arogantný, samoľúby chlap, nadšený sám zo seba, a tak sa napätie
medzi nimi stupňuje. Bože, keby aspoň nebol taký príťažlivý! Z
anglického originálu Egomaniac (EverAfter Romance, New York 2017)
preložila Veronika Lovich.
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