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Undoing I Do
by Anastasia Royal
ISBN: 9780312369651
Thomas Dunne Books
$24.95 Hardcover
November 2007
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What's It About? |
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When her fairytale romance begins to unravel, Claire must face her future alone as a single mother. Her struggle to survive the divorce while protecting her children from the fallout is a tale full of insight, honesty, and humor.
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Who's Talking About It? |
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"Few have picked up the pieces of broken love with more elan than Claire McCloud, divorce-casualty, struggling mom, and a let-it-all-hang-out iconoclast who will shock and delight you. Shaping so iridescent a tale from divorce's dark matter takes a special writing gene, and evidently, Anastasia Royal has whole strands of it."--Arthur Plotnik, author of Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style
"Calling Anastasia Royal's stunning and supple roman à clef a "first novel" is like calling the Hope diamond a shiny little rock. As savage and sharp as it is lovely, with as many facets as life itself, Undoing I Do is a perfect gem of a book. Told with a surgeon's eye for detail, the narrative employs all manner of prose and poetry to slice through the telling episodes of a marriage coming undone. It tackles big themes, and at times put me in mind of Nabokov's Pale Fire, but the things that linger most are the tiny sensual details. A new, important voice in literature is born."--Jay Bonansinga, national bestselling author of Twisted, Frozen and The Sinking of Eastland
"As with every unhappy family, every unhappy marriage is unhappy in its own way, and Anastasia Royal has given us splendidly unhappy marriage. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, Undoing I Do is ultimately an uplifting tale of the determination and strength of an indomitable woman's spirit."--Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of An Almost Perfect Moment
"A rollicking ride through love, marriage, and unhappily ever after...alternately poetic, ribald, tragic and comic. Mostly comic, thank heaven."--Tim Kazurinsky, actor and former Saturday Night Live cast member
"Undoing I Do is an astounding, brilliant and unforgettable story that introduced me to characters I will never forget. No short blurb can do justice to the poetry, the passion, the rage and the humor of this novel that had me laughing out loud one moment and weeping the next. Welcome first-time novelist Anastasia Royal to the front ranks of American story tellers."--John D. Callaway, Host and Senior Editor of WTTW's Chicago Stories program and winner of the Peabody Award and 12 Emmys®
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Fans of Ann Packer and Anita Shreve will feel at home with Anastasia Royal's Undoing I Do.
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I remember the story my children's German au pair Petra told me.... Her grandmother lived for thirty years in bed. She was the best friend Petra ever had. She could listen. That's all we need. Almost. But who wants to listen to someone whose marriage is disintegrating? Listen to them moan about their already precarious financial situation becoming disastrous during a divorce?
I need to see the humor.
I have no money, no car, no toilet paper.
I slog through snow like Julie Christie in Doctor Zhivago, but instead of getting to Omar, I reach a nearby restaurant and steal the extra roll of toilet paper.
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