The idea of love
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Word Count
68,250 words, Guess
Page Count
273 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveideaoflove0000dean
- ISBN-139781905490165
- ISBN-139781905490172
- ISBN-10190549016X
- ISBN-101905490178
and 7 more
- Goodreads3536787
- LibraryThing6068672
- Library of Congress Control Number2008431407
- OCLC Control Number228197895
- Better World Books9781905490172
- Better World Books9781905490165
- Open LibraryOL22668146M
Classifications
- DDC823.92
- LCCPR6104.E24 I24 2008
- LCCPR6104.E24
Description
When foreign families converge on Provence for a better life, it seems as if sunshine, drinking and partying will create an idyllic little community of like-minded sorts. But compelled to venture far from this Eden to Africa, two of the couples lives are changed irrevocably when each begins to doubt themselves, who they are and why they're there. For Richard, life unravels alarmingly quickly when he loses his marriage, his home, and his job in pharmaceutical sales and finally maybe even his mind; for his wife Valerie and for their friends Jeff and Rachel it's the pursuit of the idea of love that salvages what they hold dear and only love itself that grants any enlightenment. But for the children in the story, the awkward unsettling Maxence and angelic little Maud, The Idea of Love is much simpler.
Description
"When foreign couples with families converge on Provence for a better life, it seems as if sunshine, drinking and partying will create an idyllic little community of like-minded sorts. But compelled to venture far from this Eden, to Africa, two of the couples' lives are changed irrevocably when each begins to doubt themselves, who they are and why they're there." "For Richard, life unravels alarmingly quickly when he loses his marriage, his home, his job in pharmaceutical sales and finally maybe even his mind; for his wife Valerie and for their friends Jeff and Rachel, it's the pursuit of the idea of love that savages what they hold dear and only love itself that grants any enlightenment." "But for the children in the story, the awkward unsettling Maxence and angelic little Maud, The Idea of Love is much simpler ..."--BOOK JACKET.
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