num_pages: 288
description: A brilliant astonishing modern love story* and an acclaimed literary debut...A young Cuban woman passes her nights dancing in a seedy Florida strip club; a Russian orphan loses everything then builds a new and prosperous life for himself in New York; a woman struggles to maintain her dignity and hope after a life-changing accidentthese are the three members of the troika whose story is told in this dazzling literary debut.Their lives unexpectedly intertwined Perla Julian and Sophie discover a worlda way of lifethat forces them to challenge their definitions of commitment love and trust a world that heals old wounds and inspires them to transform tragedy into beauty.What a great gallop through the landscape of the human heart what a brilliant astonishing modern love story what a beautiful pair of heroines what an amazing journey from the plantains of Little Havana and a Fort Lauderdale strip club to Fifth Avenue and East Hampton what a ride to a complex and satisfying redemption what a glorious testimony to the way damage can become a lovely destiny what a book! *Susan Cheever
language: English
title: Troika
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons