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Lake effect

Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix2026
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It's 1977 and an air of restlessness has settled on the residents of Cambridge Road in Rochester, New York. When Nina Larkin is given a copy of 'The Joy of Sex' by her newly divorced friend, she can no longer dismiss the nearly non-existent intimacy of her marriage. Just as her oldest child, Clara, is falling in love for the first time, Nina finds herself longing for the forbidden: a midlife awakening. An intoxicating fling with a neighbour brings Nina a freedom she never thought possible - but also risks the reputations of both families and unravels Clara's world, just as she stands on the threshold of adulthood. Years later Clara, now a successful food stylist in New York City, has never been able to move past the long-ago scandal. Drawn back home by the pull of a family wedding and wrestling with her own demons, she makes a pivotal decision that turns her life upside down.
Main title:
Lake effect / Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney.
Author:
Imprint:
London : The Borough Press, 2026.
Collation:
368 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780008799434 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
BRN:
9067634
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