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The Engagements (Large Print)
Paperback
Main Details
Title |
The Engagements (Large Print)
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) J Courtney Sullivan
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback | Pages:703 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 150 |
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Category/Genre | Large Print Large Print Press All Dates Fiction |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781594137198
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Edition |
Large Print Edition
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Large Print Press
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Imprint |
Large Print Press
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NZ Release Date |
3 June 2014 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
From the New York Times best-selling author of Commencement and Maine comes a gorgeous, sprawling novel about marriage--about those who marry in a white heat of passion, those who marry for partnership and comfort, and those who live together, love each other, and have absolutely no intention of ruining it all with a wedding. Evelyn has been married to her husband for forty years--forty years since he slipped off her first wedding ring and put his own in its place. Delphine has seen both sides of love--the ecstatic, glorious highs of seduction, and the bitter, spiteful fury that descends when its over. James, a paramedic who works the night shift, knows his wifes family thinks she could have done better; while Kate, partnered with Dan for a decade, has seen every kind of wedding--beach weddings, backyard weddings, castle weddings--and has vowed never, ever, to have one of her own. As these lives and marriages unfold in surprising ways, we meet Frances Gerety, a young advertising copywriter in 1947. Frances is working on the De Beers campaign and she needs a signature line, so, one night before bed, she scribbles a phrase on a scrap of paper: A Diamond Is Forever. And that line changes everything. A rich, layered, exhilarating novel spanning nearly a hundred years, The Engagements captures four wholly unique marriages, while tracing the story of diamonds in America, and the way--for better or for worse--these glittering stones have come to symbolize our deepest hopes for everlasting love.
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