Private Means - Hardcover

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<p><b>This feels like an Ian McEwan novel. Served on a bed of Cheever. I cant offer higher praise than that. But written by a woman. Which is even better. Elizabeth Gilbert</b><p><p></p><p></p><p><b>Spanning the course of a single summer, <i>Private Means</i> is acclaimed memoirist Cree LeFavours sumptuous fiction debuta sharply observed comedy of manners and a moving meditation on marriage, money, and loss.</b></p><p></p><p>A deliciously compulsive first novel from <i>New York Times</i> Editors Choice author of <i>Lights On, Rats Out</i>, Cree LeFavours <i>Private Means</i> captures the very essence of summer in a sharply observed, moving meditation on marriage, money, and loss.</p><p></p><p>Its Memorial Day weekend and Alices beloved dog Maebelle has been lost. Alice stays in New York, desperate to find her dog, while her husband Peter drives north to stay with friends in the Berkshires. Relieved to be alone, Alice isnt sure if she should remain married to Peter but shes built a life with him. For his part, Peter is pleased to have time alonehes tired of the lost dog drama, of Alices coolness, of New York. A psychiatrist, he ponders his patients and one, particularly attractive, woman in particular. As the summer unfolds, tensions rise as Alice and Peter struggle with infidelity, loneliness, and loss. Escaping the heat of New York City to visit wealthy friends in the Hamptons, on Cape Cod and in the Berkshires, each continues to play his or her part in the life theyve chosen together. By the time Labor Day rolls around, a summer that began with isolation has transformed into something else entirely.</p><p></p><p>Matching keen observations on human behavior with wry prose, <i>Private Means,</i> with its sexy, page-turning plot, will draw fans of Nora Ephron and Meg Wolitzer. At once dark, funny, sad and suspenseful, LeFavours debut is a rare find: a tart literary indulgence with depth and intelligence.</p>

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