ISBN-13: 9780593545003
A bold, beautiful, complex novel, and I cant wait to read what Hughes writes next. She, too, is an unstoppable force.New York Times Book ReviewA tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for our agonizing species, The Alternatives unfolds in a prose full of gorgeous surprises and glows with intelligence, compassion, and beauty.Hernan DiazFrom the writer Anthony Doerr callsa massive talent, the story of four brilliant Irish sisters, orphaned in childhood, who scramble to reconnect when the oldest disappears into the Irish countrysideThe Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when theirparents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirtiesall single, all with PhDsthey are each attempting to do meaningfulwork in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to ritzy catering gigs in Londons Notting Hill, until one day their oldest sister, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the earths future, abruptly vanishes from her work and home. Together for the first time in years, the Flatterys descend on the Irish countryside in search ofa sister who doesnt want to be found. Sheltered in a derelict bungalow, they reach into their common past, confronting both old wounds and a desperately uncertain future. Warm, fiercely witty, and unexpectedly hopeful, The Alternatives is an unforgettable portrait of a family perched on our collective precipice, told by one of Irelands most gifted storytellers.
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ISBN-13: 9780593545003
A bold, beautiful, complex novel, and I cant wait to read what Hughes writes next. She, too, is an unstoppable force.New York Times Book ReviewA tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for our agonizing species, The Alternatives unfolds in a prose full of gorgeous surprises and glows with intelligence, compassion, and beauty.Hernan DiazFrom the writer Anthony Doerr callsa massive talent, the story of four brilliant Irish sisters, orphaned in childhood, who scramble to reconnect when the oldest disappears into the Irish countrysideThe Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when theirparents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirtiesall single, all with PhDsthey are each attempting to do meaningfulwork in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to ritzy catering gigs in Londons Notting Hill, until one day their oldest sister, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the earths future, abruptly vanishes from her work and home. Together for the first time in years, the Flatterys descend on the Irish countryside in search ofa sister who doesnt want to be found. Sheltered in a derelict bungalow, they reach into their common past, confronting both old wounds and a desperately uncertain future. Warm, fiercely witty, and unexpectedly hopeful, The Alternatives is an unforgettable portrait of a family perched on our collective precipice, told by one of Irelands most gifted storytellers.
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