The Newlyweds - Softcover

Freudenberger, Nell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241966140 ISBN 13: 9780241966143

Publisher: Penguin, 2013

Synopsis

From Nell Freudenberger, one of America's most dazzling talents, comes The Newlyweds, a fabulous 21st century love story about getting, and staying, wed.

Amina met George online. Within months she has left her home in Bangladesh and is living in George's house in the American suburbs. Theirs is a very twenty-first century union, forged from afar yet echoing the traditions of the arranged marriage.

But as Amina struggles to find her place in America, it becomes clear that neither she nor George have been entirely honest with each other. Both have brought to the marriage a secret - a vital, hidden part of themselves, which will reveal who they are and whether their future is together or an ocean apart.

Reminiscent of Anne Tyler, Curtis Sittenfeld's The American Wife and Jennifer Egan, The Newlyweds is a tour de force - a novel as rich with misunderstandings as it is with unlikely connections.

'Every minute I was away from this book I was longing to be back in the world she created' Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder

'A marvellous book' Kiran Desai, winner of the MAN Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss

'A wonderful, funny, inventive novel that takes you slowly by surprise the more you read. Highly recommended' Red (Book of the Month)

Nell Freudenberger is the author of the novel The Dissident, (longlisted for the Orange Prize) and the story collection Lucky Girls, winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and shortlisted for the Orange New Writers' Prize and a New York Times Book Review Notable Book. She was named a New Yorker '20 Under 40' writer and one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Review

Genuinely moving . . . Freudenberger demonstrates her assurance as a novelist and her knowledge of the complicated arithmetic of familial love, and the mathematics of romantic passion (The New York Times)

It's really, really good...A luscious and intelligent novel that will stick with you (National Public Radio)

A convincing and rather compelling story of a very modern marriage and a real heroine to root for (Daily Mail)

A delight, one of the easiest book recommendations of the year . . . Freudenberger knows Amina as well as Jane Austen knows Emma, and despite its globe-spanning set changes, The Newlyweds offers a reading experience redolent of Janeite charms: gentle touches of social satire, subtly drawn characters and dialogue that expresses far more than its polite surface (Washington Post)

Took off like a rocket, taking me with it (The Times)

A big, complicated portrait of marriage, culture, family, and love. Freudenberger never settles for an easy answer, and what she delivers is a story that feels absolutely true. Every minute I was away from this book I was longing to be back in the world she created (Ann Patchett, author of 'State of Wonder')

A wonderful, funny, inventive novel that takes you slowly by surprise the more you read. Highly recommended (Red (Book of the Month))

The intrigue and small disappointments of marriage are painstakingly captured. (Psychologies)

A Fresh and modern look at relationships, told with heart. (Elle)

A charming and serious tale of marriage, family and identity. Its prose style is intimate, almost conspiratorial... threading its arm around the reader confidently. The writing is clear and spare... yet Freudenberger's investigation into what makes relationships work... is complex and sophisticated... Freudenberger approaches her subject with great sensitivity, a heavy sense of the seriousness of life - and much wry humour. (Independent on Sunday)

About the Author

Nell Freudenberger is the author of the novel The Dissident (longlisted for the Orange Prize) and the story collection Lucky Girls, winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and shortlisted for the Orange New Writers' Prize and a New York Times Book Review Notable Book. She was named a New Yorker '20 Under 40' writer and one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0241966140
• ISBN 13: 9780241966143
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352