Books are a wonderful way for coworkers and friends to share experiences, even when we’re miles, states, and countries apart. Hearing about what someone is reading is like taking a 5-minute vacation. Each week, one Piper team member will answer the question, “What are you reading?” and take you on a well-deserved, 5-minute vacation.
This week Michelle is reading Ordinary People by Diana Evans.
“Her characters are rich and you’re completely embedded in their lives…”
MICHELLE SAYS…
The author depicts marital struggle and everyday life in such a tangible way
—even if you’ve not experienced it, it makes you live it with them. She exposes ordinary life in such a real and sometimes painful way. Her characters are rich and you’re completely embedded in their lives—almost like a fly on the wall. I haven’t been absorbed into a book like this in a long time.
AMAZON DESCRIPTION
Evoking the sharp insight of Little Fires Everywhere and the sweep of NW, an incisive portrait of the bliss and torment of domestic love.
Hailed as “one of the most thrilling writers at work today” (Huffington Post), Diana Evans reaches new heights with her searing depiction of two couples struggling through a year of marital crisis. In a crooked house in South London, Melissa feels increasingly that she’s defined solely by motherhood, while Michael mourns the former thrill of their romance. In the suburbs, Stephanie’s aspirations for bliss on the commuter belt, coupled with her white middle-class upbringing, compound Damian’s itch for a bigger life catalyzed by the death of his activist father. Longtime friends from the years when passion seemed permanent, the couples have stayed in touch, gathering for births and anniversaries, bonding over discussions of politics, race, and art. But as bonds fray, the lines once clearly marked by wedding bands aren’t so simply defined. Ordinary People is a moving examination of identity and parenthood, sex and grief, and the fragile architecture of love.
HAVE YOU READ THIS BOOK?
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