The Post-Birthday World
By: Lionel Shriver.
Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed. (3)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; Toronto
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 517
ISBN-13: 9780061187896
Subjects: Women illustrators -- Fiction.; Snooker players -- Fiction.; Americans -- England -- London -- Fiction.; Mate selection -- Fiction.; Married people -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: American children's book illustrator Irina McGovern enjoys a secure, settled life in London with her smart, loyal, disciplined partner, Lawrence—until the night she finds herself inexplicably drawn to kissing another man, a passionate, extravagant, top-ranked snooker player. Two competing alternate futures hinge on this single kiss, as Irina's decision—to surrender to temptation or to preserve her seemingly safe partnership with Lawrence—will have momentous consequences for her career, her friendships and familial relationships, and the texture of her daily life.
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