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Modern Lovers, Emma Straub, (electronic resource)

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"Ms. Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters...[An] entertaining novel...deftly and thoughtfully written."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "It's 'Friends' meets 'Almost Famous' meets the beach read you'll be recommending all summer."--TheSkimm "Straub serves up a perfect slice of the zeitgeist with this entertaining novel about former college bandmates raising their precocious children while grappling with marital tensions and midlife crises."--People. Named one of "Summer's Best Books." From the New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers, a smart, highly entertaining novel about a tight-knit group of friends from college-- and what it means to finally grow up, well after adulthood has set in. Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth and Andrew and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold on to the identities of their youth. But nothing ages them like having to suddenly pass the torch (of sexuality, independence, and the ineffable alchemy of cool) to their own offspring. Back in the band's heyday, Elizabeth put on a snarl over her Midwestern smile, Andrew let his unwashed hair grow past his chin, and Zoe was the lesbian all the straight women wanted to sleep with. Now nearing fifty, they all live within shouting distance in the same neighborhood deep in gentrified Brooklyn, and the trappings of the adult world seem to have arrived with ease. But the summer that their children reach maturity (and start sleeping together), the fabric of the adult lives suddenly begins to unravel, and the secrets and revelations that are finally let loose--about themselves, and about the famous fourth band member who soared and fell without them--can never be reclaimed. Straub packs wisdom and insight and humor together in a satisfying book about neighbors and nosiness, ambition and pleasure, the excitement of youth, the shock of middle age, and the fact that our passions--be they food, or friendship, or music--never go away, they just evolve and grow along with us. From the Hardcover edition
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eng
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Modern Lovers
Title
Modern Lovers
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Emma Straub
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Ms. Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters...[An] entertaining novel...deftly and thoughtfully written."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "It's 'Friends' meets 'Almost Famous' meets the beach read you'll be recommending all summer."--TheSkimm "Straub serves up a perfect slice of the zeitgeist with this entertaining novel about former college bandmates raising their precocious children while grappling with marital tensions and midlife crises."--People. Named one of "Summer's Best Books." From the New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers, a smart, highly entertaining novel about a tight-knit group of friends from college-- and what it means to finally grow up, well after adulthood has set in. Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth and Andrew and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold on to the identities of their youth. But nothing ages them like having to suddenly pass the torch (of sexuality, independence, and the ineffable alchemy of cool) to their own offspring. Back in the band's heyday, Elizabeth put on a snarl over her Midwestern smile, Andrew let his unwashed hair grow past his chin, and Zoe was the lesbian all the straight women wanted to sleep with. Now nearing fifty, they all live within shouting distance in the same neighborhood deep in gentrified Brooklyn, and the trappings of the adult world seem to have arrived with ease. But the summer that their children reach maturity (and start sleeping together), the fabric of the adult lives suddenly begins to unravel, and the secrets and revelations that are finally let loose--about themselves, and about the famous fourth band member who soared and fell without them--can never be reclaimed. Straub packs wisdom and insight and humor together in a satisfying book about neighbors and nosiness, ambition and pleasure, the excitement of youth, the shock of middle age, and the fact that our passions--be they food, or friendship, or music--never go away, they just evolve and grow along with us. From the Hardcover edition
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Straub, Emma
Dewey number
813/.6
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not applicable
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LC call number
PS3619.T74259
LC item number
M63 2016
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fiction
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Read by Jen Tullock
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  • Tullock, Jen
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  • Middle-aged persons
  • Parent and adult child
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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Modern Lovers, Emma Straub, (electronic resource)
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digital storage
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online resource
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1 online resource (1 sound file)
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online
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9780451484987
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(electronic audio bk.)
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computer
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Label
Modern Lovers, Emma Straub, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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  • not applicable
  • unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file)
Form of item
online
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780451484987
Isbn Type
(electronic audio bk.)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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dc6f0ea4-4f0a-44e5-8c8e-ceffd1433d22
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sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Speed
unknown
System control number
  • (OCoLC)952503032
  • (OCoLC)ocn952503032
  • 1262446
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not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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