I'm fine and neither are you / Camille Pagán.

By:

Pagán, Camille

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Seattle [Washington] : Lake Union Publishing, [2019]Edition: First editionDescription: 260 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9781542042550 :
1542042550

Other title:

I am fine and neither are you

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Summary: Penelope Ruiz-Kar navigates the sometimes-rocky terrain in her marriage with husband Sanjay as well as in her relationship with best friend Jenny Sweet.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	Adult Fiction	FIC PAGAN	Available		36748002586636

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller.

Honesty is the best policy...except maybe when it comes to marriage in this brilliant novel about the high price of perfection from bestselling author Camille Pagán.

Wife. Mother. Breadwinner. Penelope Ruiz-Kar is doing it all--and barely keeping it together. Meanwhile, her best friend, Jenny Sweet, appears to be sailing through life. As close as the two women are, Jenny's passionate marriage, pristine house, and ultra-polite child stand in stark contrast to Penelope's underemployed husband, Sanjay, their unruly brood, and the daily grind she calls a career.

Then a shocking tragedy reveals that Jenny's life is far from perfect. Reeling, Penelope vows to stop keeping the peace and finally deal with the issues in her relationship. So she and Sanjay agree to a radical proposal: both will write a list of changes they want each other to make--then commit to complete and total honesty.

What seems like a smart idea quickly spirals out of control, revealing new rifts and even deeper secrets. As Penelope stares down the possible implosion of her marriage, she must ask herself: When it comes to love, is honesty really the best policy?

Includes reading questions for book clubs (pages 259-260).

Penelope Ruiz-Kar navigates the sometimes-rocky terrain in her marriage with husband Sanjay as well as in her relationship with best friend Jenny Sweet.

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Booklist Review

Penny Ruiz-Kar is doing her best to keep her life together, balancing marriage, motherhood, and career. Meanwhile, her best friend, Jenny Sweet, is running a blog featuring her perfect life, including her well-behaved daughter, pristine house, and perfect marriage. But Jenny is hiding something from Penny; when Penny finds out what, it's too late. Determined to make changes to her life after the tragedy, Penny sets forth on a journey of self-discovery, learning about the power of being authentic in a marriage and in all aspects of her life. Pagán (Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties, 2018) is back with a poignant novel that explores truthfulness and boundaries in friendship, marriage, and more. With relatable characters and a realistic plot, this character-driven novel will have readers wondering if honesty really is the best policy. Dealing with issues of grief and addiction along with the everyday problems that make up a marriage, this novel is perfect for fans of Sarah Dunn's The Arrangement (2017) and Sally Hepworth's The Family Next Door (2018).--Erin Holt Copyright 2019 Booklist