Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: August 25, 2015
From barnesandnoble.com: In A Window Opens, beloved books editor at Glamour
magazine Elisabeth Egan brings us 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, with its chain of
chic literary lounges and dedication to beloved classics. 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. Readers will
cheer as Alice realizes the question is not whether it’s possible to
have it all, but what does she―Alice Pearse―really want?
Which book are you waiting for?
...Will you add this one to your list of must-reads?
Waiting on Wednesday: A Window Opens was originally published by
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