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Original Title:	A Fortunate Age ASIN B00VJSNUZ4
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Beth Halpern, Emily, Sadie Peregrine, Lil, Tal, David Wade
Setting:	New York State(United States)

A Fortunate Age

Joanna Rakoff

Kindle Edition | Pages: 512 pages

Rating: 3.08 | 1139 Users | 250 Reviews

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Title	:	A Fortunate Age
Author	:	Joanna Rakoff
Book Format	:	Kindle Edition
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 512 pages
Published	:	June 18th 2015 by Bloomsbury Publishing (first published January 2009)
Categories	:	Fiction. New York. Contemporary

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Living in crumbling Brooklyn apartments, holding down jobs as actors and writers and eschewing the middle-class sensibilities of their parents, graduates of the prestigious Oberlin College, Lil, Beth, Sadie, Emily, Dave and Tal believe they can have it all.

When the group come together to celebrate a marriage,anything seems possible. But soon the reality of rent, marriage and family will test them all. For this fortunate age can't last for ever, and the group must face adulthood, whether they are ready for it or not.

Sprawling and richly drawn, A Fortunate Age traces the lives of the group during some of the most defining years of modern America – from the decadence of the dot com boom through to the sobering events of September 11 and the trailing years that followed – this brilliant, ambitious debut novel perfectly captures the hopes, anxieties and dreams of a generation.

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Ratings: 3.08 From 1139 Users | 250 Reviews

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This book was right in my wheelhouse-- next to medical memoirs and serial killer thrillers, I love nothing more than a big fat book that follows a group of friends over a period of years. I agree with some of the negative reviewers in that it was a bit hard keeping track of the characters, and some of them sort of disappeared halfway through, but I really liked the attention to the neighborhood detail (the park mommies, the yoga studios, the music scene), and also the very realistic dialog.

A Fortunate Age kept me interested for a while, but the excitment that is emenating around this particular title is beyond me. Rakoff does know how to tell a tale, and keep you interested in it, but I am not so sure about her abilities to...how do I put this? Juggle different aspects of the book. For one,I kind of had to struggle to get past the first sentance. It lacked a hook, and when a book lacks that I find myself pushing my eyes along the page promising myself it is better than this. And



this was one of those books i wish i had done for book club. it reads really quickly and makes you think about it afterwards. the story of four not-yet-women and two of their dudes graduate from oberlin (obviously) and move to nyc after college-w'burg, les, (obviously)--and the book tracks their lives and choices throughout their 20's. they're your friends and the people you hate all at once (obvioiusly). i couldn't tell if it was a book guys would like to, but i would highly recommend to most

I had to add a new bookshelf to categorize this book -- "can't possibly finish." I realized this morning, when I was a third of the way through the book, that I didn't need to subject myself to reading even another page!This book is excruciating. I tried so hard to like it.

In the spirit of Claire Messud's "The Emperor's Children", this New York story of a group of college friends who move through life and grapple with the world from dot.coms to 9/11. If you're 30 to 45- you will think of your own friends, your own recollections of this time, and how the world formed your outlook. It's well written and a great read for a first novel.

People were hard on this book. Their criticism may be valid, but the dialog was smart and the book really captured something.