Imprint. Celeste is engaged to Alex, living in a penthouse apartment and jetting off on exotic trips, but soon she discovers that Alex isn't perfect - he makes her angry and she's drinking a lot. As Celeste begins to question her relationship and herself, she is haunted by painful memories from her past.
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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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"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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