A Window Opens: A Novel

A Window Opens: A Novel

From the beloved books editor at Glamour magazine comes a heartfelt and painfully funny debut about what happens when a wife and mother of three leaps at the chance to fulfill her professional destinyâ€”only to learn every opportunity comes at a price.

In A Window Opens, Elisabeth Egan brings us Alice Pearse, a compulsively honest, longing-to-have-it-all, sandwich generation heroine for our social-media-obsessed, lean in (or opt out) age. Like her fictional forebears Kate Reddy and Bridget Jones, Alice plays many roles (which she never refers to as â€œwearing many hatsâ€ and wishes you wouldnâ€™t, either). She is a mostly-happily married mother of three, an attentive daughter, an ambivalent dog-owner, a part-time editor, a loyal neighbor, and a Zen commuter. She is not: a cook, a craftswoman, a decorator, an active PTA member, a natural caretaker, or the breadwinner. But when her husband makes a radical career change, Alice is ready to lean inâ€”and she knows exactly how lucky she is to land a job at Scroll, a hip young start-up which promises to be the future of reading, with its chain of chic literary lounges and dedication to beloved classics. The Holy Grail of working mothersâ€”an intellectually satisfying job and a happy personal lifeâ€”seems suddenly within reach.

Despite the disapproval of her best friend, who owns the local bookstore, Alice is proud of her new â€œbalancing actâ€ (which is more like a three-ring circus) until her dad gets sick, her marriage flounders, her babysitter gets fed up, her kids start to grow up, and her work takes an unexpected turn. Fans of I Donâ€™t Know How She Does It, Whereâ€™d You Go Bernadette, and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry will cheer as Alice realizes the question is not whether itâ€™s possible to have it all, but what does sheâ€”Alice Pearseâ€”really want?
Country USA
Manufacturer S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-08-25
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-08-25
Format	Kindle eBook