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This, Sara's account, begins 55 years earlier at a Manhattan party hosted by her brother Eric, a successful gag writer on the hugely successful Marty Manning Show. Searching the room aimlessly, her gaze locks with that of Jack Malone and for the next 24 hours the pair are inseparable. Jack must return to Europe but not before securing Sara's promise that she will be there on the dock in nine months time. However, it is another five years before the pair reunite as divided loyalties, duty and fate combine to thwart them. As the years pass, Kennedy treats us to an urbane look at Manhattan life: from Duke Ellington to highballs to the Stork Club; from Thomas E. Dewey to Pearl Buck to Rita Hayworth, the prose is enlivened by contemporary allusions to every facet of city life. As Sara, Eric and Jack's lives converge, though, the narrative's themes of betrayal and disloyalty on a personal and national level (echoing those of McCarthy himself) collide.
Kennedy's final damning moral is that chance only plays a small part in how our lives turn out--it is the choices we make subsequently that determine our destinies. The Pursuit of Happiness is therefore not a comforting read but it is ultimately affirming if you see that each step counts and the pursuit is everything. --Nicola Perry
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780091793432
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 519 pages. Manhattan, Thanksgiving Eve, 1945. The war was ove r and Eric's party was in full swing. Amongst all his friends is his sister, Sara. Then in walked a gatecrasher, a US Army journal ist just back from a defeated Germany, and a man whose world-view did not tally with that of Eric and his friends. This chance mee ting between Jack and Sara changes their lives. It is a tragic ta le of divided loyalties, decisive moral choices, and the random w orkings of destiny. Seller Inventory # 2494u
Book Description Pictorial Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 518 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. A Great Tragic Love Story. A Tale Of Divided Loyalties. Seller Inventory # 154903
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 519 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout, the only exception is some light wear to bottom corners. Set In Manhatten, Thanksgiving Eve, 1945. This Is A Tragic Love Story, A Tale Of Divided Loyalties, Decisive Moral Choices, And The Random Workings Of Destiny. Seller Inventory # 072880
Book Description Condition: Good. Manhattan, Thanksgiving eve, 1945. The war was over and Eric Smythe's party was in full swing. All his clever greenwich village friends were there. So too was his sister Sara, an independant, canny young woman, starting to make her way in the big city. 416 pages. Seller Inventory # 1192343