The Engagements was released last year in hardback and has
just published in paperback. It is
written by J. Courtney Sullivan.
Courtney Sullivan published her first book at the age of 25,
was assistant editor of Allure magazine before becoming a staff writer at The
New York Times and now writes novels full time and writes freelance for the New
York Times Book Review, New York magazine, Elle, Glamour, Allure and the New
York Observer, among others. Courtney is the New York Times bestselling author
of Maine and Commencement.
The Blurb:
Moving from a Harvard
swim-meet in 1927 to the three-martini lunches of 1940s advertising, from the
back streets of 1980s Boston to an exquisite Parisian music shop in 2003, The
Engagements is a novel about love, marriage, commitment and betrayal; it is as
sharp, as fiery and as beautiful as the
stone we have taken to represent our dreams.
What I Thought:
The story starts off by introducing you to Mary Frances
Gerety, a young copywriter in an eminent advertising agency. She has to
convince the world every woman needs a diamond engagement ring and that she is
just as good at her job as any man.
We then jump to a different couple which to be honest really
confused me to start with but then as I read on and we were introduced to
different relationships at different times in history it then becomes clear
that they are interlinked.
It’s a really interesting book and you want to keep ready to
find out what happens with each relationship.
I would say it’s the perfect holiday read.
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