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A Novel

De: Alix Strauss

Narrado por: Therese Plummer

From the very first page of this stunning novel, readers are drawn into the lives of eight seemingly ordinary women who pass through Manhattan's swanky Four Seasons Hotel. While offering sanctuary to some, solace to others, the hotel captures their darkest moments as they grapple with family, sex, power, love, and death.

Trish obsesses over her best friend's wedding and dramatic weight loss. Robin wants revenge after a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her older sister. Anne is single, lonely, and suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Drug-addicted rock star Louise needs to dry out. Southerner turned wannabe Manhattanite Franny is envious of her neighbors' lives. Sheila wants to punish her boyfriend for returning to his wife. Ellen so desperately wants children that she insists she's pregnant to her disbelieving husband. And Morgan, the hotel manager, haunted by the memory of her dead sister, is the thread that weaves these women's lives together.

©2010 Alix Strauss (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers

Reseñas de la Crítica

"[M]esmerizing....Lonely and longing to be otherwise, the characters in this moving novel are achingly sympathetic, their plights eminently relatable." ( Booklist)

I don't get it...

What the heck was that?! This book is an easy listen, as the performance by the reader is great. However, this is one of those books that you listen to....and listen some more....and listen some more....still listening.....and then BAM- it ends! It ends and leaves you with nothing....

mastery of imagery language

Alix Strauss has a mastery of imagery language in a way that I have never experienced before. Like a master painter, she creates scenes so vivid with words, I could have easily been watching a movie. I truly enjoyed the book and look forward to more from the author