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Astonish Me Maggie Shipstead

Astonish Me By Maggie Shipstead

Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead


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From the prize-winning author of Seating Arrangements comes the masterful story of a young woman who abandons her dreams to start a new life. Spanning decades, crossing continents, Astonish Me is stunning examination of love and sacrifice.

Astonish Me Summary

Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead

From the prize-winning author of Seating Arrangements comes the masterful story of a young woman who abandons her dreams to start a new life. Spanning decades, crossing continents, Astonish Me is stunning examination of love and sacrifice.

Joan Joyce has left her broken heart and everything she knew in New York City and settled in to a quiet family life in suburban California. But the past is not finished with her yet: before her eyes her son Harry is growing up to be the dancer she could never be. Pulled back into the glamorous, unforgiving world she had left far behind, Joan must confront the decisions she made long ago, and the choices that shaped the lives of those she loves most.

Astonish Me Reviews

`Beautifully written, a top-class novel set in a fascinating world' Louisa Young, Observer

`Brims with emotion ... an accomplished novel embracing both domestic drama and the competitive quest for perfection' Sunday Times

`So graceful, so dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself to breathe' Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette

`I will be paying close attention to Shipstead's career from here on in' Jeffrey Eugenides

`A bravura display of high-performance art, the only constant its quest for perfection' Catherine Taylor, Guardian

`Very well-written, and cleverly constructed with some elegant pirouettes of its own in the story's twists and turns' Daily Mail

`Passionate, gripping and wise about the human heart. One of those wonderful books that leave you bereft yet completely satisfied' Lucie Whitehouse, author of Before We Met

`Shipstead is shaping up as a master storyteller' Financial Times

`Brilliantly written; the first ballet novel for grown-ups' The Times

About Maggie Shipstead

Maggie Shipstead graduated from Harvard in 2005 and earned an M.F.A at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She was also a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Her debut novel, Seating Arrangements, won the Dylan Thomas Prize and the LA Times Prize for First Fiction. Astonish Me is her second novel.

Additional information

GOR006533046
9780007525409
0007525400
Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
2015-01-06
368
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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