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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Five students - Jules a famous actress, Mariam and Rowan who married young, Eloise coping with her much younger wife’s radical politics and Jomo a businessman - return to Harvard for their 15th class reunion. Friendship, marriage and families are all tested, and loyalties questioned, when a former classmate, the son of the US President, is found dead... A subtle and moving inquiry into what happens when the promise of youth is silenced by the practicalities of middle age. Dovey has an acute eye for detail, immersing us in the lives of her protagonists. Thoughtful and insightful. Greg Waldron
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Compelling, reading the ruminations of old friends on aspects of their lives ranging from parenting & surrogacy, career, and even artificial intelligence. Craig Kirchner
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Fifteen years after graduating from Harvard, five close friends on the cusp of middle age are still pursuing an elusive happiness and wondering if they've wasted their youthful opportunities.
Jules, already a famous actor when she arrived on campus, is changing in mysterious ways but won't share what is haunting her. Mariam and Rowan, who married young, are struggling with the demands of family life and starting to regret prioritising meaning over wealth in their careers. Eloise, now a professor who studies the psychology of happiness, is troubled by her younger wife's radical politics. And Jomo, founder of a luxury jewellery company, has been carrying an engagement ring around for months, unsure whether his girlfriend is the one.
The soul searching begins in earnest at their much-anticipated college reunion weekend on the Harvard campus, when the most infamous member of their class, Frederick - senior advisor and son of the recently elected and loathed US president - turns up dead. Old friends often think they know everything about one another, but time has a way of making us strangers to those we love - and to ourselves . . .
By:
Ceridwen Dovey Imprint: HAMISH HAMILTON Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 233mm,
Width: 154mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 430g ISBN:9781760895365 ISBN 10: 1760895369 Pages: 304 Publication Date:03 November 2020 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Ceridwen Dovey's debut novel, Blood Kin, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Award and selected for the US National Book Foundation's prestigious '5 Under 35' honours list. Her short story collection, Only the Animals, won the Readings New Australian Writing Award. She writes non-fiction for various publications, including newyorker.com and The Monthly, and lives in Sydney with her husband and two sons.
Reviews for Life After Truth
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Five students - Jules a famous actress, Mariam and Rowan who married young, Eloise coping with her much younger wife’s radical politics and Jomo a businessman - return to Harvard for their 15th class reunion. Friendship, marriage and families are all tested, and loyalties questioned, when a former classmate, the son of the US President, is found dead... A subtle and moving inquiry into what happens when the promise of youth is silenced by the practicalities of middle age. Dovey has an acute eye for detail, immersing us in the lives of her protagonists. Thoughtful and insightful. Greg Waldron
