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Brief Lives

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Brookner again shows herself to be the consummate observer of social nuance in this deeply felt chronicle of an unlikely friendship between the flamboyant, ego-centric Julia and modest, self-effacing Fay, the narrator. Thrust together by their husbands' business partnership and by their sharing of a guilty secret, these two women form an intense and intimate bond that highlights their uneasy compromises with each other -- and with life itself.

Language: English

Pages: 309

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Center Point

Release: March 01, 2001

ISBN: 158547018X

ISBN 13: 9781585470181

Brief Lives

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Brookner again shows herself to be the consummate observer of social nuance in this deeply felt chronicle of an unlikely friendship between the flamboyant, ego-centric Julia and modest, self-effacing Fay, the narrator. Thrust together by their husbands' business partnership and by their sharing of a guilty secret, these two women form an intense and intimate bond that highlights their uneasy compromises with each other -- and with life itself.

Language: English

Pages: 309

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Center Point

Release: March 01, 2001

ISBN: 158547018X

ISBN 13: 9781585470181

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