A Window Opens: A Novel

  • Autor: Elisabeth Egan
  • Narrador: Julia Whelan
  • Editora: Simon & Schuster
  • Duração: 11:40:23
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Sinopse

What happens when having it all proves too much to handle? In this “fresh, funny take on the age-old struggle to have it all” (People) a wife and mother of three leaps at the chance to fulfill her professional destiny—only to learn every opportunity comes at a price.

“A winning, heartfelt debut” (Good Housekeeping), A Window Opens introduces Alice Pearse, a compulsively honest, longing-to-have-it-all, sandwich generation heroine for our social-media-obsessed, lean in (or opt out) age. Like her fictional forebears Kate Reddy and Bridget Jones, Alice plays many roles (which she never refers to as “wearing many hats” and wishes you wouldn’t, either). She is a (mostly) happily married mother of three, an attentive daughter, an ambivalent dog-owner, a part-time editor, a loyal neighbor and a Zen commuter. She is not: a cook, a craftswoman, a decorator, an active PTA member, a natural caretaker, or the breadwinner. But when her husband makes a radical career change, Alice is ready to lean in—and she knows exactly how lucky she is to land a job at Scroll, a hip young start-up which promises to be the future of reading. The Holy Grail of working mothers―an intellectually satisfying job and a happy personal life―seems suddenly within reach.

Despite the disapproval of her best friend, who owns the local bookstore, Alice is proud of her new “balancing act” (which is more like a three-ring circus) until her dad gets sick, her marriage flounders, her babysitter gets fed up, her kids start to grow up, and her work takes an unexpected turn. In the midst of her second coming of age, Alice realizes the question is not whether it’s possible to have it all but, what does she really want the most?

“Smart and entertaining…with refreshing straight-forwardness and humor” (The Washington Post), “fans of I Don’t Know How She Does It and Where’d You Go, Bernadette will adore A Window Opens” (Booklist, starred review).

Capítulos

  • AWindowOpens 01 Title

    Duração: 42s
  • AWindowOpens 02 Prologue

    Duração: 03min
  • AWindowOpens 03 Ch1

    Duração: 23min
  • AWindowOpens 04 Ch2

    Duração: 21min
  • AWindowOpens 05 Ch3

    Duração: 46min
  • AWindowOpens 06 Ch4

    Duração: 11min
  • AWindowOpens 07 Ch5

    Duração: 33min
  • AWindowOpens 08 Ch6

    Duração: 11min
  • AWindowOpens 09 Ch7

    Duração: 15min
  • AWindowOpens 10 Ch8

    Duração: 31min
  • AWindowOpens 11 Ch9

    Duração: 16min
  • AWindowOpens 12 Ch10

    Duração: 30min
  • AWindowOpens 13 Ch11

    Duração: 19min
  • AWindowOpens 14 Ch12

    Duração: 28min
  • AWindowOpens 15 Ch13

    Duração: 36min
  • AWindowOpens 16 Ch14

    Duração: 02min
  • AWindowOpens 17 Ch15

    Duração: 26min
  • AWindowOpens 18 Ch16

    Duração: 30min
  • AWindowOpens 19 Ch17

    Duração: 09min
  • AWindowOpens 20 Ch18

    Duração: 05min
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