From the New York Times best-selling author of Commencement and Maine comes a gorgeous, sprawling novel about marriage about those who marry in a white heat of passion, those who marry for partnership and comfort, and those who live together, love each other, and have absolutely no intention of ruining it all with a wedding. Evelyn has been married to her husband for forty years forty years since he slipped off her first wedding ring and put his own in its place. Delphine has seen both sides of love the ecstatic, ...
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Commencement and Maine comes a gorgeous, sprawling novel about marriage about those who marry in a white heat of passion, those who marry for partnership and comfort, and those who live together, love each other, and have absolutely no intention of ruining it all with a wedding. Evelyn has been married to her husband for forty years forty years since he slipped off her first wedding ring and put his own in its place. Delphine has seen both sides of love the ecstatic, glorious highs of seduction, and the bitter, spiteful fury that descends when it s over. James, a paramedic who works the night shift, knows his wife s family thinks she could have done better; while Kate, partnered with Dan for a decade, has seen every kind of wedding beach weddings, backyard weddings, castle weddings and has vowed never, ever, to have one of her own. As these lives and marriages unfold in surprising ways, we meet Frances Gerety, a young advertising copywriter in 1947. Frances is working on the De Beers campaign and she needs a signature line, so, one night before bed, she scribbles a phrase on a scrap of paper: A Diamond Is Forever. And that line changes everything. A rich, layered, exhilarating novel spanning nearly a hundred years, The Engagements captures four wholly unique marriages, while tracing the story of diamonds in America, and the way for better or for worse these glittering stones have come to symbolize our deepest hopes for everlasting love. "
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Add this copy of The Engagements to cart. $16.80, very good condition, Sold by WildFlower Mews rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Babylon, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Books on Tape.
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Very good in good dust jacket. 14 CDs in clamshell. Audience: General/trade. Great listening entertainment! Unabridged audiobook; ex-library; CDs come in protective case.
Add this copy of The Engagements to cart. $19.95, good condition, Sold by The Yard Sale Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Narrowsburg, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Books on Tape.
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Good. 14 AUDIO CD SET withdrawn from the library collection. Some library marking. We will polish each of the Audio CDs for a good sound. You will receive a reliable set. Enjoy this presentable AUDIO CD performance.
