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The Quality of Life Report: A Novel
Meghan Daum
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Description for The Quality of Life Report: A Novel
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 681.
Meghan Daum's unforgettable debut novel brings her sharp wit and courageous social commentary to the story of Lucinda Trout, a New York television reporter in search of greener pastures. Moving to the slower-paced, friendly, and vastly more affordable Midwestern town of Prairie City, Lucinda zealously creates a series of televised reports for her New York audience about her newfound quality of life. But when Lucinda falls for eccentric local Mason Clay, her naïveté about the real world leads her down an unexpected path, where she encounters, among other things, a drafty old farmhouse filled with children, an ever-growing menagerie of ... Read more
Meghan Daum's unforgettable debut novel brings her sharp wit and courageous social commentary to the story of Lucinda Trout, a New York television reporter in search of greener pastures. Moving to the slower-paced, friendly, and vastly more affordable Midwestern town of Prairie City, Lucinda zealously creates a series of televised reports for her New York audience about her newfound quality of life. But when Lucinda falls for eccentric local Mason Clay, her naïveté about the real world leads her down an unexpected path, where she encounters, among other things, a drafty old farmhouse filled with children, an ever-growing menagerie of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477313008
SKU
V9781477313008
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Meghan Daum
Meghan Daum is an opinion columnist covering cultural and political topics for the Los Angeles Times, who also writes the Egos column for the New York Times Book Review. She is the author of three other books: The Unspeakable and Other Subjects of Discussion, which won the 2015 PEN Center USA Award for creative nonfiction; My Misspent Youth: Essays; and ... Read more
Reviews for The Quality of Life Report: A Novel
Daum’s enormous comic gift—and her ability to use it in the service of fundamentally serious issues—is an unexpected delight.
New York Times Book Review
A crisp, wisecracking voice . . . an admirably nuanced view of the American heartland.
New Yorker
Funny, literate . . . this is a surprising, entertaining, and often touching story of ... Read more
New York Times Book Review
A crisp, wisecracking voice . . . an admirably nuanced view of the American heartland.
New Yorker
Funny, literate . . . this is a surprising, entertaining, and often touching story of ... Read more