The mutual friend: a novel
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“This is a rare thing: an original, intelligent novel that’s not just a perfect summer beach read, but one that deserves serious awards consideration as well. Put down your phone and pick it up. . . . A major accomplishment.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
From the co-creator of How I Met Your Mother, a hilarious and thought-provoking debut novel set in New York City, following an unforgettable cast of characters as they navigate life, love, loss, ambition, and spirituality—without ever looking up from their phones
It’s the summer of 2015, and Alice Quick needs to get to work. She’s twenty-eight years old, grieving her mother, barely scraping by as a nanny, and freshly kicked out of her apartment. If she can just get her act together and sign up for the MCAT, she can start chasing her dream of becoming a doctor . . . but in the Age of Distraction, the distractions are so distracting. There’s her tech millionaire brother’s religious awakening. His picture-perfect wife’s emotional breakdown. Her chaotic new roommate’s thirst for adventure. And, of course, there’s the biggest distraction of all: love.
From within the story of one summer in one woman’s life, a tapestry of characters is unearthed, tied to one another by threads both seen and unseen. Filled with all the warmth, humor, and heart that gained How I Met Your Mother its cult following, The Mutual Friend captures in sparkling detail the chaos of contemporary life—a life lived simultaneously in two different worlds, the physical one and the one behind our screens—and reveals how connected we all truly are.
From the co-creator of How I Met Your Mother, a hilarious and thought-provoking debut novel set in New York City, following an unforgettable cast of characters as they navigate life, love, loss, ambition, and spirituality—without ever looking up from their phones
It’s the summer of 2015, and Alice Quick needs to get to work. She’s twenty-eight years old, grieving her mother, barely scraping by as a nanny, and freshly kicked out of her apartment. If she can just get her act together and sign up for the MCAT, she can start chasing her dream of becoming a doctor . . . but in the Age of Distraction, the distractions are so distracting. There’s her tech millionaire brother’s religious awakening. His picture-perfect wife’s emotional breakdown. Her chaotic new roommate’s thirst for adventure. And, of course, there’s the biggest distraction of all: love.
From within the story of one summer in one woman’s life, a tapestry of characters is unearthed, tied to one another by threads both seen and unseen. Filled with all the warmth, humor, and heart that gained How I Met Your Mother its cult following, The Mutual Friend captures in sparkling detail the chaos of contemporary life—a life lived simultaneously in two different worlds, the physical one and the one behind our screens—and reveals how connected we all truly are.
Subjects
Subjects
Cell phone users
Cell phone users -- Fiction
Cycling accidents
Cycling accidents -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Fate and fatalism
Fate and fatalism -- Fiction
Fiction
Humor (Fiction)
Humorous fiction
Interpersonal relations
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Literature
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Romance fiction
Cell phone users -- Fiction
Cycling accidents
Cycling accidents -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Fate and fatalism
Fate and fatalism -- Fiction
Fiction
Humor (Fiction)
Humorous fiction
Interpersonal relations
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Literature
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Romance fiction
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9780593186763
9780593186770
9780593186770
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| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-17 04:42:44AM |
| Last Indexed | 2024-04-17 06:01:11AM |
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"New York, 2015: The city is facing a series of bicycle accidents, the Mayor's approval ratings hang in the balance, and Alice, besieged by grief and regrets, wants desperately to take the MCAT and become a doctor, but she can't seem to sign up for the test. First and foremost there's her phone--which, like so many others, she can't seem to put down--but there's also her chaotic roommate Roxy, who works at the Mayor's office and whose thirst for adventure frequently gets Alice in trouble. Then there's her tech millionaire brother who is searching for meaning ... meaning which may threaten to take him away from his wife, Pitterpat. And finally, the biggest distraction of all: Love. As the months go by, these characters, and more, slide in and out of each other's lives--they fall in-and-out of love, and they face various scandals. All the while, their mutual friend, the omniscient and mysterious narrator of the novel who seems to know all, watches over them, until the threads that tie these characters together come together."--
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Cell phone users -- Fiction
Cycling accidents -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Fate and fatalism -- Fiction
Humorous fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Romance fiction
Cycling accidents -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Fate and fatalism -- Fiction
Humorous fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Romance fiction
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The Mutual Friend A Novel
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Cell phone users
Cycling accidents
Fate and fatalism
Fiction
Humor (Fiction)
Interpersonal relations
Literature
Cycling accidents
Fate and fatalism
Fiction
Humor (Fiction)
Interpersonal relations
Literature
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