| The Futures Contributor(s): Pitoniak, Anna (Author), Mollo-Christensen, Sarah (Read by), Crouch, Michael (Read by) |
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ISBN: 147896877X ISBN-13: 9781478968771 Publisher: Little Brown and Company OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 5.5" (0.53 lbs) |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A heart-wrenching debut novel about a young couple trying to find out what they really want in life--and whether or not that includes each other.Julia and Evan fall in love as undergraduates at Yale. For Evan, who grew up in a small town in Canada, Yale is a whole new world, and Julia--blond, beautiful and rich--is part of his vision for a successful future. After they graduate in 2008, they move together to New York city, where Evan takes a job at a hedge fund--another step forward in the life he imagines for himself.Julia, who has only known a life of privilege, graduates with an art history degree and no plan for her own future. She lands a low paying assistant job at a nonprofit, unsure about what she really wants, and wondering when everyone else figured that out for themselves. With the market crashing and banks failing around him, Evan becomes involved in an increasingly high-stakes deal at work, and begins to realize that the price of privilege may come with dangerous strings attached. Meanwhile, Julia reconnects with someone from her past--someone who offers her a vision of a different kind of life.Told in alternating perspectives, The Futures is a vivid story about love--falling in and out of it--betrayal, and the burning desire to be valued. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crouch, Michael: - Michael Crouch is a six-time winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award for narration. He is a New York-based actor specializing in voice-over. His keen ear and knack for personalizing copy have established him as a flexible and creative national talent. Pitoniak, Anna: -Anna Pitoniak is an editor of fiction and nonfiction at Random House. She graduated from Yale in 2010, where she majored in English and was an editor at the Yale Daily News. She grew up in British Columbia. Mollo-Christensen, Sarah: -Sarah Mollo-Christensen is a voice talent and an audiobook narrator. |