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In the tree-nestled Northern California town of Mira Flores, writer Rachel ("an aging typist with an unprofitable hobby") and her Scottish husband Neil prepare dinner for a familiar "crew" of guests - among them Neil's best friend, the burly, handsome Mike Spender, an irrepressible heodnist - and Mike's wife Tilda Krall, a hard-bitten figure who carries her dark unknowability like an accusation.
Mike and Tilda have produced an enchanting daughter, Addie - who will also appear, unexpectedly, that night. As they ready the meal, Rae begs Neil to retell her the strange, twisted story of the Spenders - to include Mike's secret life, and what happened once Tilda learned of it. Neil and Rae cannot guess how the shock waves from that story will threaten to destroy their own marriage - after a mysterious catastrophe propels all five individuals into uncharted realities.
Recounting three love stories, Make It Stay explores the vision of an era - and how perception expands, as mortal limits draw near.
Mike and Tilda have produced an enchanting daughter, Addie - who will also appear, unexpectedly, that night. As they ready the meal, Rae begs Neil to retell her the strange, twisted story of the Spenders - to include Mike's secret life, and what happened once Tilda learned of it. Neil and Rae cannot guess how the shock waves from that story will threaten to destroy their own marriage - after a mysterious catastrophe propels all five individuals into uncharted realities.
Recounting three love stories, Make It Stay explores the vision of an era - and how perception expands, as mortal limits draw near.
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Joan Frank is the author of four prior books of fiction. She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow, Pushcart Prize nominee, winner of the Richard Sullivan Prize, Dana Award, Michigan Literary Fiction Award, Iowa Writing Award, and Emry's fiction award, and recipient of grants from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund and Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation. She has taught Creative Writing at San Fransisco State University and lives in Northern California.
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Frank s novel is a meditation on the collision between an enduring friendship and a singular marriage, both of them, in ways, life-saving. Frank breathes life into these relationships through painterly, sometimes florid, vignettes. Her prose has the impressionistic quality of poetry, an indulgence that at times derails the story, yet skillfully distills the zeal and alienation of a midlife love attenuated by distance and grief. --Publishers Weekly
On the surface a story of love and friendship, this short novel also reflects deeply on reaching middle age and one s own sense of mortality. Frank s writing is deeply insightful, and her characters are memorable and authentic... Rich descriptions and allegory add color to the story, while an informal tone keeps it accessible and inviting. --Booklist
Make It Stay is about friendship, love and mortality and everything that those things entail. It s such an enchanting book that I will return to it just to read random passages. --Entertainment Realm
Love in an age of freedom, friendship at an age when years begin to count, loyalty in a time of suffering, and hope in the face of despair, Joan Frank s Make it Stay has it all. Time changes priorities and relationships. Meanwhile change alters the measuring of time. Ingredients that tasted wrong on their own can mix to a glorious feast, and holding too tight is sometimes the saddest way to make things not stay. In Make it Stay Joan Frank takes readers from staying to leaving to staying again. Telling a story of genuine people, gently touching their hurts, she creates a story guaranteed to touch and stay in the reader s heart. --Café Libri
On the surface a story of love and friendship, this short novel also reflects deeply on reaching middle age and one s own sense of mortality. Frank s writing is deeply insightful, and her characters are memorable and authentic... Rich descriptions and allegory add color to the story, while an informal tone keeps it accessible and inviting. --Booklist
Make It Stay is about friendship, love and mortality and everything that those things entail. It s such an enchanting book that I will return to it just to read random passages. --Entertainment Realm
Love in an age of freedom, friendship at an age when years begin to count, loyalty in a time of suffering, and hope in the face of despair, Joan Frank s Make it Stay has it all. Time changes priorities and relationships. Meanwhile change alters the measuring of time. Ingredients that tasted wrong on their own can mix to a glorious feast, and holding too tight is sometimes the saddest way to make things not stay. In Make it Stay Joan Frank takes readers from staying to leaving to staying again. Telling a story of genuine people, gently touching their hurts, she creates a story guaranteed to touch and stay in the reader s heart. --Café Libri
Frank s novel is a meditation on the collision between an enduring friendship and a singular marriage, both of them, in ways, life-saving. Frank breathes life into these relationships through painterly, sometimes florid, vignettes. Her prose has the impressionistic quality of poetry, an indulgence that at times derails the story, yet skillfully distills the zeal and alienation of a midlife love attenuated by distance and grief. --Publishers Weekly
On the surface a story of love and friendship, this short novel also reflects deeply on reaching middle age and one s own sense of mortality. Frank s writing is deeply insightful, and her characters are memorable and authentic... Rich descriptions and allegory add color to the story, while an informal tone keeps it accessible and inviting. --Booklist
Make It Stay is about friendship, love and mortality and everything that those things entail. It s such an enchanting book that I will return to it just to read random passages. --Entertainment Realm
Love in an age of freedom, friendship at an age when years begin to count, loyalty in a time of suffering, and hope in the face of despair, Joan Frank s Make it Stay has it all. Time changes priorities and relationships. Meanwhile change alters the measuring of time. Ingredients that tasted wrong on their own can mix to a glorious feast, and holding too tight is sometimes the saddest way to make things not stay. In Make it Stay Joan Frank takes readers from staying to leaving to staying again. Telling a story of genuine people, gently touching their hurts, she creates a story guaranteed to touch and stay in the reader s heart. --Café Libri
On the surface a story of love and friendship, this short novel also reflects deeply on reaching middle age and one s own sense of mortality. Frank s writing is deeply insightful, and her characters are memorable and authentic... Rich descriptions and allegory add color to the story, while an informal tone keeps it accessible and inviting. --Booklist
Make It Stay is about friendship, love and mortality and everything that those things entail. It s such an enchanting book that I will return to it just to read random passages. --Entertainment Realm
Love in an age of freedom, friendship at an age when years begin to count, loyalty in a time of suffering, and hope in the face of despair, Joan Frank s Make it Stay has it all. Time changes priorities and relationships. Meanwhile change alters the measuring of time. Ingredients that tasted wrong on their own can mix to a glorious feast, and holding too tight is sometimes the saddest way to make things not stay. In Make it Stay Joan Frank takes readers from staying to leaving to staying again. Telling a story of genuine people, gently touching their hurts, she creates a story guaranteed to touch and stay in the reader s heart. --Café Libri
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- Publication date2012
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