Celeste Ascending - Hardcover

Jones, Kaylie

3.61

135 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060193255 ISBN 13: 9780060193256

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2000

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Celeste, a twentynine year old woman living a luxurious lifestyle with her fiancT Alex feels unfilled and full of anger, forcing her to come to terms with her past, her longdead mother, and her continuing love for another man.

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"Lustrous, elegant prose...[Kaylie Jones] maintains an unsentimental compassion for every one of her characters."-- "Entertainment Weekly"Mesmerizing, absorbing -- I felt I was hearing the confidences of a true friend."-- Tama Janowitz, author of "A Certain Age"One heavenly read."-- "People

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Praise for CELESTE ASCENDING:
"Mesmerising, absorbing - I felt I was hearing the confidences of a true friend" Tama Janowitz, author of A Certain Age

"Although we've gotten used to second-generation actors equalling or surpassing the accomplishments of their parents, the same hasn't happened with second-generation novelists. Nonetheless there are a few...and added to their small number ought to be Kaylie Jones" New York Times

"clearly and beautifully written with a central character you want things to work out for" Essentials

"an absolute gem . . . I love the way Kaylie Jones writes: every sentence is self-contained and perfectly constructed, and not a word is wasted" Fiona Kennedy, Chief Buyer at Tesco, Bookseller

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