Point About Books Sweet Ruin
| Title | : | Sweet Ruin |
| Author | : | Cathi Hanauer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | June 5th 2007 by Washington Square Press (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Adult. Contemporary. Marriage. Drama |
Cathi Hanauer
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.34 | 882 Users | 110 Reviews
Explanation Conducive To Books Sweet Ruin
Elayna Leopold, 35, works from home in New Jersey so that she can raise her young daughter, Hazel, while her husband puts in long hours as a lawyer in New York. Elayna is typical of women who spend their twenties chasing dreams in the city only to spend their thirties chasing children in the suburbs. Yet no one knows better than she that life can change instantly. Two years ago her infant son died, sending her into a depression from which she's just emerging. Now, suddenly -- thrillingly -- Elayna finds herself craving life's passions again. When she meets Kevin, a young artist and neighbor, she discovers a version of herself she thought was gone forever. As she uncovers yearnings that could destroy everything she cherishes, a threat to Hazel emerges from an unlikely source, making Elayna's choices and decisions that much more critical.Riveting, tender, and utterly real, Sweet Ruin is a gripping story about one woman's search for passion amid the challenges of ordinary life and a triumph of contemporary fiction from a writer known for her candor and wisdom.
Details Books Concering Sweet Ruin
| Original Title: | Sweet Ruin |
| ISBN: | 074327735X (ISBN13: 9780743277358) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating About Books Sweet Ruin
Ratings: 3.34 From 882 Users | 110 ReviewsAssessment About Books Sweet Ruin
With her workaholic lawyer husband gone most of the waking hours, 35 year-old Elayna is practically a single mother, living in the Jersey burbs. She is also a stay-at-home poetry magazine editor. When a cute potter, Kevin, moves into the apartments across the street, Elayna knows better but starts to fall for him just a bit. Her daughter Hazel is age 6, and Elayna is very wrapped up in giving her a good childhood. She is coming out of a depression that lasted some two years following the deathIn New York Times best-selling author Cathi Hanauer's latest novel she takes readers into the mind of a thrity-something, wife and stay at home Mom, just coming back from a devastating tragedy. It has been two years since the death of Elayna Leopold-Slade's infant son Oliver, and only now is the fog of deep depression starting to lift. As winter turns to spring Elayna feels herself start to come alive again and is enjoying this newfound sense of freedom. As she begins to take focus on her work
Cathi Hanauers book takes an age-old theme, adultery, and turns it into a gripping page-turner of a novel. Sweet Ruin introduces us to 35 year old Elayna, a work-at-home editor who is just crawling out of a two-year depression after the death of her infant son, Oliver. Her husband, Paul, is a benign, but absent figure, someone who is clearly burying his own grief in his work as a lawyer. Their six-year-old daughter, Hazel, is intelligent and demanding.that brilliant April, after rain had soaked
Not a Desperate, but a Pathetic Housewife I wanted to like this book. I think Cathi Hanauer is a very talented writer with a keen eye for detail and a conversational tone that allows you to know her characters and feel like you're chatting with them over a cup of coffee (or pitcher of margaritas). BUT . . . I had a hard time sinking my teeth into this story. The main character, Elayna Leopold, is an educated New Jersey housewife and mother of a precocious six-year-old. She is on the threshold of
I pulled this book off the shelf not knowing anything about it. I read 104 pages and decided that Id had enough. In the beginning I related to Elayna - Im also 35, struggling stay at home mom with two kids, one miscarriage that wrecked me, a hard working husband, just now coming out of postpartum depression and yearning for more. I found no appeal in the draw towards Kevin or any potential affair they might have. I ended up despising Elayna and her choices, even this early on in the book. There
Melodramatic but not really that much substance.Main character not very sympathetic.
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