The Resource Couple mechanics, Nelly Alard ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter
Couple mechanics, Nelly Alard ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter
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- Summary
- At once sexy and feminist, this is a story of a woman who decides to fight for her marriage after her husband confesses to an affair with a notable politician Juliette, a computer engineer, and Olivier, a journalist, have two young children and the busy lives of a modern Parisian couple. On a beautiful spring day, while sitting by the river watching her children play, Juliette s cell phone rings. "It is her husband. "When Olivier confesses to having an affair, Juliette s world is shattered. How do you survive betrayal? Can a couple ever be united again? What lengths would you go to in order to save your marriage? These are the questions that this novel, with great intelligence, honesty, and humor, tries to answer. In its acute depiction of intimacy, "Couple Mechanics" exposes the system of forces at work in a marriage, the effects of the inevitable ebb and flow of desire, and the difficulty of being a man today."
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 305 pages
- Note
- "First published in French as Moment d'un couple" in 2013. -- title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781590517314
- Label
- Couple mechanics
- Title
- Couple mechanics
- Statement of responsibility
- Nelly Alard ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- At once sexy and feminist, this is a story of a woman who decides to fight for her marriage after her husband confesses to an affair with a notable politician Juliette, a computer engineer, and Olivier, a journalist, have two young children and the busy lives of a modern Parisian couple. On a beautiful spring day, while sitting by the river watching her children play, Juliette s cell phone rings. "It is her husband. "When Olivier confesses to having an affair, Juliette s world is shattered. How do you survive betrayal? Can a couple ever be united again? What lengths would you go to in order to save your marriage? These are the questions that this novel, with great intelligence, honesty, and humor, tries to answer. In its acute depiction of intimacy, "Couple Mechanics" exposes the system of forces at work in a marriage, the effects of the inevitable ebb and flow of desire, and the difficulty of being a man today."
- Summary
- A Parisian woman discovers what lengths she will go to in order to save her marriage, after her husband confesses to having an affair with a notable politician. By the award-winning French novelist, actress and screenwriter
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10464626
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alard, Nelly
- Dewey number
- 843/.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hunter, Adriana
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Spouses
- Adultery
- Paris (France)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Couple mechanics, Nelly Alard ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter
- Note
- "First published in French as Moment d'un couple" in 2013. -- title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn904801251
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 305 pages
- Isbn
- 9781590517314
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2015008473
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)904801251
- Label
- Couple mechanics, Nelly Alard ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter
- Note
- "First published in French as Moment d'un couple" in 2013. -- title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn904801251
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 305 pages
- Isbn
- 9781590517314
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2015008473
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)904801251
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