City Lights Books transfers@onixsuite.com 20130619 eng

COM.ONIXSUITE.9780872863392 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100463110 02 0872863395 03 9780872863392 15 9780872863392 BC 1 A01 Eidus, Janice Janice Eidus Janice Eidus, winner of two O. Henry Prizes, is the author of a novel <i>Faithful Rebecca</i>, and the short story collections <i>Vito Loves Geraldine</i>, and <i>The Celibacy Club</i>. She lives in New York City. 01 eng 180 00 180 03 03 0 03 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Fiction 01 <P>Babette Bliss, the decidedly modern heroine of this comical novel, suffers from an unsettling problem: ambivalence. She has taken leave from her job with an avant-garde New York theater to face her dilemmas concerning her marriage, career, and soul. Should she forgive her philandering husband, George Harrison, an Iowa-raised corporate lawyer with an uncanny resemblance to Babette's favorite Beatle? Is it time, in fact, for her and George to have a baby? Or should she have an affair? She is thrown into even deeper confusion when Shara-Rose, her leather-clad therapist, decides to give up her practice and become a rock star.</P> <P>No matter where Babette looks, abandonment is everywhere. So can she really desert her theater, at a time when the company is faced with eviction? To sort things out, she decides to live by herself again-only to team up with an unexpected roommate.</P> <P>Filled with subtle irony and insight, Urban Bliss is a humorous and touching novel that takes up old-age problems and sheds a contemporary light on them.<br>Janice Eidus, winner of two O. Henry Prizes, is the author of a novel, Faithful Rebecca, and the short story collections Vito Loves Geraldine and The Celibacy Club. She lives in New York City.</P> 02 Babette Bliss, the decidedly modern heroine of this comical novel, suffers from an unsettling problem: ambivalence. She has taken leave from her job with an avant-garde New York theater to face her dilemmas concerning her marriage, career, and soul... 08 "(A) whimsical, clean, and fast-paced novel read, both sexy and savvy, about punctured promises and deception... Eidus's seriously funny world (is) anything but safe."<br> <i>The Review of Contemporary Fiction</i> 08 "...a ruefully funny, wickedly observant take on urban angst." – <i> Publishers Weekly</i> 04 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100463110/images/87286100463110L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100463110/images/87286100463110S.jpg http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100463110 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 19980901 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 19980901 01 02 9.95 USD