Bright, Precious Days
A novel
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4.2 • 63 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From the author of Bright Lights, Big City comes an unforgettable New York story of glamour, sex, ambition, and heartbreak.
“An art form of sustained intimacy. . . . A portrait of a marriage in full.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Our modern-day Fitzgerald.” —Vanity Fair
Russell and Corrine Calloway seem to be living the dream: a calendar filled with high-society parties; jobs they care about and enjoy; twin children, a boy and a girl whose birth was truly miraculous; a loft in TriBeCa and summers in the Hamptons. But beneath the glossy surfaces, things are simmering. Russell, editor-in-chief of a boutique publisher, has cultural clout but is on the edge financially, and feels compelled to pursue an audacious—and potentially ruinous—opportunity. Meanwhile, Corrine’s world is turned upside down when the man with whom she’d had an ill-fated affair in the wake of 9/11 suddenly reappears, and the Calloways find themselves tested more severely than they ever could have imagined.
The third book in McInerney’s celebrated Calloway trilogy, Bright, Precious Days is an aching, extraordinary portrait of a marriage during a period of dizzying change.
Customer Reviews
Great NYC marriage story
Liked it a lot. Well developed characters, intriguing plot.
Five Stars
Truly exceptional, deeply poignant and laced with compelling development of emotional themes in context of characters.
The book takes a bit to reach a point where reader realizes the originality of themes and becomes connected to the characters--in other words, the book initially appears to be more pedestrian than it actually is.
Author's past body of work is uniquely engaging, and in a sense, this work is somewhat more "sophisticated" and literary than expected. The book is truly unique in the depth of its exploration of the complexities of marriage in particular, and relations generally. In sum, the work makes evident why it had taken author so long to develop/write, as it is densely packed with development of a number of themes that congeal very effectivelyin as the novel progresses and culminates.