All the world can hold
"It's Sunday, September 16, 2001. Franny and her husband have traded in their elegant Park Avenue co-op for a suite on board the Sonata, a once-glittering cruise ship. Though they're not 'cruise people,' Franny is determined to host the trip as planned because it's her mother's seventieth birthday,...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
37 Ink, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC,
2026.
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| Edition: | First 37 Ink / Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: | "It's Sunday, September 16, 2001. Franny and her husband have traded in their elegant Park Avenue co-op for a suite on board the Sonata, a once-glittering cruise ship. Though they're not 'cruise people,' Franny is determined to host the trip as planned because it's her mother's seventieth birthday, or chilsun, a rite of passage celebrated by Korean families. But as her husband keeps pointing out, Franny and her mother aren't close, and it's surreal - even wrong - to be on a cruise as the death toll from the attacks on 9/11 continues to rise. Also on board is Doug, an aging actor and former star of Starlight Voyages, the hit Love Boat-style television series famously filmed on the Sonata. With few professional prospects, Doug reluctantly joins his former castmates on a reunion cruise for fans of the show, but he dreads the dark specter of his past misdeeds. Meanwhile, Lucy, the only Black female graduate student in her department at MIT, has uncharacteristically accepted an invitation to join her roommate on the cruise when she should be preparing for a job interview at a new tech company with a funny name, Google. Led by three unforgettable characters, All the World Can Hold beautifully explores how we balance our needs and our wants, as well as the regrets we live with and the chances to set them right. It's also a moving reminder that interpersonal dramas don't cease, even as more dire ones play out in the larger world."--Book jacket flap. |
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| Physical Description: | 340 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781668200599 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
