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050 00 $aPS3613.E48$bL68 2005
082 00 $a813/.6$222
100 1 $aMendelson, Cheryl,$d1946-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99045610
245 10 $aLove, work, children :$ba novel /$cCheryl Mendelson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $a371 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Morningside Heights, a Manhattan neighborhood sandwiched between Columbia University and the Hudson River, is home to an eclectic mix of academics, struggling artists, and rooted families. In this distinctive world, Peter Frankl, a successful partner in a prestigious law firm, lives a seemingly contented life with his talented wife and his two Ivy League-educated children. Yet in middle age Peter finds himself strangely dissatisfied. His wife's lack of intellectual curiosity and her preoccupation with appearances leave him cold, his job does not fulfill his creative bent, and he fears that his children, Susan and Louis, have grown into skeptical young adults who shun marriage and stability." "So when Peter's wife is badly hurt in a car accident and lies in a coma, he finds himself guiltily relieved - and suddenly drawn toward his children as they too struggle with ambivalent feelings about the mother who's never really shown them much love. As Susan, a cerebral doctoral student, becomes unhappily involved with an aspiring playwright and Louis is caught up in a futile pursuit of an ambitious journalist, Peter's own quiet life is shaken up, and longings he has stifled for years come rumbling to the surface." "Freed from his wife's judgments, Peter throws himself into his greatest pleasure, the work he does for a foundation that funds offbeat artistic projects. And as his passion for this work ignites, so does his desire for another woman. But the stubborn morality that has steered Peter's life is a force to be reckoned with - and one from which he may never entirely escape." "Love, Work, Children is a novel about two generations and the colorful urban world they inhabit. A portrayal of one of New York's exceptional neighborhoods, this is a story, ultimately, about the self-imposed obstacles to true happiness - and a testament to the joy one can find in overcoming them."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aMorningside Heights (New York, N.Y.)$vFiction.
650 0 $aMiddle-aged men$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107221
650 0 $aMidlife crisis$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107251
655 7 $aPsychological fiction.$2lcgft$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026492
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3613.E48$iL68 2005
852 00 $bbar$hPS3613.E48$iL68 2005