The Pursuit of Happiness: A Novel - Softcover

Kennedy, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439199124 ISBN 13: 9781439199121

Publisher: Atria Books, 2010

Synopsis

#1 International Bestseller

“Kennedy tells his epic tale with a keen eye and brisk pace.... a winningly sincere love story.” —Publishers Weekly

Manhattan, Thanksgiving eve, 1945. The war is over, and Eric Smythe’s party was in full swing. All his clever Greenwich Village friends were there. So too was his sister Sara, an independent, outspoken young woman, starting to make her way in the big city. And then in walked Jack Malone, a U.S. Army journalist just back from a defeated Germany, a man whose world view was vastly different than that of Eric and his friends. This chance meeting between Sara and Jack and the choices they both made in the wake of it would eventually have profound consequences, both for themselves and for those closest to them for decades afterwards. Set amidst the dynamic optimism of postwar New York and the subsequent nightmare of the McCarthy era, The Pursuit of Happiness is a great, tragic love story; a tale of divided loyalties, decisive moral choices and the random workings of destiny.

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From the Inside Flap:

Manhattan, Thanksgiving Eve, 1945. The war was over, and Eric Smythe's party was in full swing. All his clever Greenwich Village friends were there. So too was his sister Sara -- an independent, canny young woman, starting to make her way in the big city. And then in walked a gatecrasher, Jack Malone -- a U. S. Army journalist just back from a defeated Germany, and a man whose world-view did not tally with that of Eric and his friends. Set amidst the dynamic optimism of postwar New York and the subsequent nightmare of the McCarthy witch-hunts, The Pursuit of Happiness is a great tragic love story; a tale of divided loyalties, decisive moral choices, and the random workings of destiny.

From the Back Cover:

'A compulsive read' -- Kate Atkinson

'This is the novel against which the rest of the year's output demands to be judged' -- Express on Sunday

'Kennedy cannot help but write grippingly, and he weaves threads of love and betrayal into a thrillingly masterful ending' -- Observer

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439199124
• ISBN 13: 9781439199121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592