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A sweeping, richly compassionate novel about matrimony, ambition, and the reclaiming of love - by the bestselling novelist and cofounder of Narrative mag. Many love reviews end in matrimony; unusual is the love history that begins with one - already guaranteed, already worn. Set in San Francisco through the first year of Obama's presidency, Three Stages of Amazement deftly charts the struggles and triumphs of Lena Rusch and her husband Charlie Pepper, still believe they can have it all - sex, love, marriage, children, career, brilliance. But life provides surprises and exams - a stillborn child, an economic crash, a ruthless business competitor and the attentions of a vintage lover. Touched by tragedy and by common hopes unmet, Lena and Charlie must face, for the first time in their lives, real restriction. Fifteen years after her stunning debut, Climb the Euphrates, Carol Edgarian has created a breathtaking and deeply moving history about business and family and the requirements of love in our time. She requires readers on the spellbinding journey inside America today, with an unforgettable cast of heroes including Cal Rusch, Lena's uncle, a Silicon Valley titan, and Ivy, his socialite partner, who engender complication in the lives of all people they touch: their grown up children, business partners, friends, the servants and employees upon whom the gorgeous life is dependent - and Lena, whose quest for elegance is the pulse of the gorgeous novel. As Lena and Charlie, Ivy and Cal, face the temptations with their youth and the illusion of the redo, they find that real life is the ultimate challenge. Informed with eloquence and compassion, Three Phases of Amazement is a true thriller of the center, a riveting history about confronting adversity, getting knowledge, and finding great love.
