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The Future Of Love: A Novel (2008)

by Shirley Abbott(Favorite Author)

3.2 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1565125673 (ISBN13: 9781565125674)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Algonquin Books

review 1: This emotional read stops just short of melodrama, though at times the intertwining stories of these New Yorkers reads like a soap opera. In the first half of the novel, the characters live in balanced dysfunction, seeking happiness in their unhappy lives through infidelity (or tolerating their lovers' infidelities). But when terrorists bring down the World Trade Center towers, their dysfunctional arrangements are exposed, crumbling down like the towers. Without the false security of their illicit loves, each has no choice but to confront (and accept?) the underlying unhappiness in their lives. Yet this seeming acceptance is without true resolution, and all are left longing for happiness just out of reach. Are we expected to confront our sad, finite lives by pursuing perso... morenal happiness and connection? The author suggests it ... but who among her characters is brave enough to do it?
review 2: This is a 9/11 book, and it is about the effect it had on different families and couples. Of course, there have been quite a few novels with similar themes written since then. It actually picked up after the horrific events of 9/11 and the story moved along faster. Some of the characters were more fully fleshed out than others. I was not that enthusiastic about this book when I began, but enjoyed more it as I went along. less

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