The Heights - Softcover

Hedges, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452296773 ISBN 13: 9780452296770

Publisher: Plume Books, 2011

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

Review:

"Hedges delivers an insightful portrayal of parenthood and the strains and temptations of marriage, even in a seemingly perfect relationship. He also makes some wonderful observations about family life."
-Associated Press

"[A] quirky, amusing book."
-Washington Post

"The Heights' witty and honest take on marital claustrophobia shows the virtue of taking your time."
-GQ Magazine

"The Heights stays with you. As much a metaphor for being swept off your feet by lofty people or aspirations or location, The Heights delves into the marriage of a futurist woman working for a nonprofit and a history teacher at a Brooklyn Heights private school taking a sabbatical to finish his dissertation on the history of loss."
-New York Daily News

"Hedges has a knack for taking everyday life and making it fascinating...The Heights us a no-holds-barred expose of suburbia and the strains of marriage and childrearing, but Hedges deftly transforms this weighty subject matter into an addictive blend of melodrama carefully balanced with comedy...creating a novel that is devilishly delightful."
-BookPage

"A must-read if you've ever longed for more excitement in your life."
-Parenting magazine

About the Author:

PETER HEDGES is a novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. He wrote both the novel and the screenplay What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and is the writer-director of Pieces of April starring Katie Holmes and Dan in Real Life starring Steve Carrell. His screenplay for About a Boy was nominated for an Academy Award. Hedges lives with his wife and children in Brooklyn, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plume Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0452296773
• ISBN 13: 9780452296770
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304