The Reading Group
By Elizabeth Noble
(Harper Paperbacks, Paperback, 9780060760441, 464pp.)
Publication Date: December 14, 2004
Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Audio Cassette (October 2005), Prebound (January 2005)
Categories: General
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The Reading Group follows the trials and tribulations of a group of women who meet regularly to read and discuss books.Over the course of a year, each of these women become intertwined, both in the books they read and within each other's lives.
Inspired by a shared desire for conversation, a good book and a glass of wine-Clare, Harriet, Nicole, Polly, and Susan undergo startling revelations and transformations despite their differences in background, age and respective dilemmas.
What starts as a reading group gradually evolves into a forum where the women may express their views through the books they read and grow to become increasingly more open as the bonds of friendship cement.
In The Reading Group, Noble reveals the many complicated paths in life we all face as well as the power and importance of friendship.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.Elizabeth Noble is the author of the internationally bestselling novels The Reading Group, The Friendship Test, and Alphabet Weekends. She lives with her husband and their two daughters in New York City.
"Noble keeps engagement high as her characters connect and interconnect...this entertaining read is very accessible."
-Booklist
"Fast paced and funny, this is women's fiction is worth staying up past your bedtime."
-Library Journal
"Tremendous amounts of female bonding, some witty byplay and very well-considered characters."
-Seattle Times
"...this is funny, contemplative and touching reading..."
-Publishers Weekly
"A hot, soapy bubble bath of a novel. Go ahead and sink in."
-Entertainment Weekly
"A thoroughly accomplished debut novel which embraces a wide range of contemporary issues. Fresh and sharp. Funny and sad."
-Carole Matthews, author of For Better, for Worse
"A lively, witty novel that touches on themes of friendship and redemptive power of art".
---Choice (London)
"[Elizabeth Noble is a] reading club goddess."
-St. Paul Pioneer Press
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