num_pages: 352
description: A delicious sharp novel about a woman who jets off to France after her perfect marriage collapses putting the broken pieces of herself back together while rediscovering her own joie de vivrea lust for life art and steamy sex. The worst birthday ever might just be the gift of a lifetimeIts Sophie Blooms forty-second birthday and shes ready for a night of celebration with Gabe her longtime devoted husband and her two besties and their spouses. Dinner is served with a side of delicious gossip including which North Grove residents were caught with their pants down on Ashley Madison after the secret on-line dating site for married and committed couples was hacked. Thirty-two million cheaters worldwide have been exposedincluding Sophies perfect husband. To add insult to injury she learns Gabe is the top cheater in their town. Humiliated and directionless Sophie jumps into the unknown and flees to France to meet up with her teenage daughter who is studying abroad and nursing her own heartbreak. After a brief visit to Paris Sophie heads out to the artist enclave of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. There for the first time in a long time Sophie acknowledges her own desiresnot her husbands not her daughtersand rediscovers her essence with painful honesty and humor reawakening both her sensuality and ambitions as a sculptor. As she sheds her past and travels the obstacle-filled off beaten path Sophie Bloom is determined to blossom. Allowing her true self to emerge in the postcard beauty of Provence Sophie must decide what is broken forever...and what it means to be truly unbreakable.Artful feminist and emotionally gripping. The Unbreakables is a remarkable tribute to a womans strength in the face of heartbreak and adversity.  Helen Hoang author of The Kiss QuotientSmart sure and sexy The Unbreakables is unforgettable.  Pam Jenoff New York Times bestselling author of The Orphans Tale and The Lost Girls of ParisThis exquisitely wrought novel will appeal to readers who believe in the redemption of new beginnings.  Publishers Weekly
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title: The Unbreakables
publisher: Harper Paperbacks