A Day at the Beach
by Schulman, Helen
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618746544
- ISBN 13
- 9780618746545
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Synopsis
The marriage of Gerhard and Suzannah Falktopf is already in trouble when tragedy strikes on the morning of September 11, 2001. Though they escape harm when the planes crash into the towers, husband and wife are suddenly cast into an unpredictable psychological space that allows their repressed selves, and their sharp differences, to rise to the surface. With their young son and nanny in tow, they head for the safety of the Hamptons. But despite their soft landing in this cocoon of privilege, the unleashed demons will push them to their psychic limits -- so much so that by the next morning they will hardly recognize each other. Taking place over a manic twenty-four hours, A Day at the Beach is a fast-paced, razor-sharp story whose personal tragedy contains sparks of dark humor about American life pre- and post-9/11. Helen Schulman has crafted a powerful portrait of a marriage in crisis, framed by one of the darkest events in our country’s history.
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- Bookseller
- St. Vinnie's Charitable Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W-005-1995
- Title
- A Day at the Beach
- Author
- Schulman, Helen
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0618746544
- ISBN 13
- 9780618746545
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- June 1, 2007
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