The pessimists : a novel
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Published
New York : Grove Press, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition., First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
Fiction Ball, B
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Fiction Ball, B
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Published
New York : Grove Press, 2021.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition., First edition.
Language
English
UPC
40030839018
Notes
Description
"Welcome to small town Connecticut, a place whose inhabitants seem to have it all: the status, the homes, the money, and the ennui. There's Tripp and Virginia, beloved hosts whom the community idolizes, and whose basement hides among other things a secret stash of guns and a drastic plan to survive the end times. There's Gunter and Rachel, recent transplants who left New York City to raise their children, only to feel imprisoned by the banality of suburbia. And Richard and Margot, community veterans whose extramarital affairs and battles with mental health are disguised by their enviably polished veneers and perfect children. At the center of it all is the Petra School, the most coveted of all the private schools in the state, a supposed utopia of mindfulness and creativity, with a history as murky and suspect as our character's inner worlds. With deep wit and delicious incisiveness, in The Pessimists, Bethany Ball peels back the veneer of upper class white suburbia to expose the destructive consequences of unchecked privilege and moral apathy in a world that is rapidly evolving without them. This is a superbly drawn portrait of a community, and its couples, torn apart by unmet desires, duplicity, hypocrisy, and dangerous levels of discontent"--,Provided by publisher.
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