Away from Home
A Novel
Published on 24. February 2015
373 pages
978-1-5040-0842-6 (ISBN)
Description
Three young and successful couples have come to the exotic shores of Rio, Brazil, to live and work in the late 50s. The new city offers them an escape-a private paradise where the pleasures and customs of a vibrant culture can ease the loneliness, pain, and stress from their former American lifestyles. But as they become swept up in the colorful madness of Carnival, their expatriate dreams quickly begin to disintegrate, and secrets from their past begin to resurface. Now, so far away from home and in a foreign land, they have become strangers to one another and have to find themselves once again. Sophisticated and expertly crafted,
Away from Homeis an engrossing read about rediscovering one's identity in unfamiliar cities and circumstances.
More details
Person
Rona Jaffe was the author of sixteen books, including
Class Reunion,
Family Secrets,
The Road Taken, and
The Room-Mating Season. Her 1958 best-selling first novel,
The Best of Everything, was reissued by Penguin in 2005, and
The Other Woman, originally published in 1972, was reissued by HarperCollins in 2015. She founded the Rona Jaffe Foundation in 1994, which presents a national literary award to promising female writers.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Copyright Page
