ENGLISH

Young Hearts Crying

By Richard Yates

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Year
2009
ISBN
0307455963, 9780307455963
Open Library ID
OL24085480M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2005642 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
432\0
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

In Young Hearts Crying, Yates movingly portrays a man and a woman from their courtship and marriage in the 1950s to their divorce in the 70s, chronicling their heartbreaking attempts to reach their highest ambitions. Michael Davenport dreams of being a poet after returning home from World War II Europe, and at first he and his new wife Lucy enjoy their life together. But as the decades pass and the success of others creates an oppressive fear of failure in both Michael and Lucy, their once bright future gives way to a life of adultery and isolation. With empathy and grace, Yates creates a poignant novel of the desires and disasters of a tragic, hopeful couple.

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