Jamesland

Jamesland

How do people live in this world? is a question that seems to hover, alongside the Hollywood sign, over the neighborhood of Los Feliz. Certainly Pete Ross wonders as much, his run as a successful chef, husband, and father having imploded so spectacularly as to land him back in the fraught care of his mother. Similarly, Alice Blackâ‚¬s lifeâ‚¬â€œhinging as it does on a married boyfriendâ‚¬â€œis yet pending, and Helen Harlandâ‚¬s ministry has thus far failed to enchant her new congregants. Meanwhile, at the retirement home down the street, Aliceâ‚¬s aunt Kate lives in a world whose most vivid presence is her distinguished ancestor William James.

Each of them, then, is trying to divine who or what is both missing and essential. They encounter one anotherâ‚¬â€œand several significant others besidesâ‚¬â€œat Helenâ‚¬s midweek service, and amidst the quotidian tumult their particular desires gradually dovetail in a quest not just for romance and friendship but also for deeper meaning in what one of them calls â‚¬Å“the variety show of religious experience.â‚¬Â

Hilarious, surprising, and powerfully engaging, Jamesland displays Michelle Hunevenâ‚¬s subtle understanding of our steadfast hopes and irregular impulses, a humane comedy she shapes withâ‚¬â€œas the Los Angeles Times wrote of her first novelâ‚¬â€œâ‚¬Å“moral nerve, sharp wit, and uncommon generosity.â‚¬Â

Michelle Huneven received a Whiting Writersâ‚¬ Award in 2002, and has also won a GE Younger Writers Award in Fiction and a James Beard Award. She is presently a restaurant reviewer for the LA Weekly. Her first novel, Round Rock, was named a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. She lives in Altadena, California.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2003-09-09
EANs 9780375413827

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2003-09-09
EANs	9780375413827

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