Tapestry of Fortunes: A Novel

Tapestry of Fortunes: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In this superb new novel by the beloved author of Open House, Home Safe, and The Last Time I Saw You, four women venture into their pasts in order to shape their futures, fates, and fortunes.
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Cecilia Ross is a motivational speaker who encourages others to change their lives for the better. Why canâ€™t she take her own advice? Still reeling from the death of her best friend, and freshly aware of the need to live more fully now, Cece realizes that she has to make a moveâ€”all the portentous signs seem to point in that direction.
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She downsizes her life, sells her suburban Minnesota home and lets go of many of her possessions. She moves into a beautiful old house in Saint Paul, complete with a garden, chefâ€™s kitchen, and three housemates: Lise, the homeâ€™s owner and a divorced mother at odds with her twenty-year-old daughter; Joni, a top-notch sous chef at a first-rate restaurant with a grade A jerk of a boss; and Renie, the youngest and most mercurial of the group, who is trying to rectify a teenage mistake. These women embark on a journey together in an attempt to connect with parts of themselves long denied. For Cece, that means finding Dennis Halsinger. Despite being â€œthe one who got away,â€ Dennis has never been far from Ceceâ€™s thoughts.
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In this beautifully written novel, leaving home brings revelations, reunions, and unexpected turns that affirm the inner truths of womenâ€™s lives. â€œMaybe Freud didnâ€™t know the answer to what women want, but Elizabeth Berg certainly does,â€ said USA Today. Elizabeth Berg has crafted a novel rich in understanding of womenâ€™s longings, loves, and abiding friendships, which weave together into a tapestry of fortunes that connects us all.

Praise for Tapestry of Fortunes
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â€œA testament to the power of female friendships . . . Berg strips her writing down to what is essential and takes an unflinching look at lifelong regrets. The characters . . . will settle in your heart.â€â€”Booklist (starred review)
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â€œElizabeth Berg has carved out a place as one of Americaâ€™s most beloved chroniclers of female friendship.â€â€”Chicago Tribune
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â€œLuminous . . . As always, her writing is spare and lyrical, filled with . . . elegant description and profound insight.â€â€”Library Journal
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â€œAn incredibly uplifting and life-affirming story . . . Berg explores the themes of change and personal reinvention with exquisite phrasing, sharply-focused attention to detail, and boundless joy and heart.â€â€”Bookreporter

Praise for Elizabeth Berg
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â€œTruth rings forth clearly from every page. [Elizabeth] Berg captures the way women thinkâ€”and especially the way they talk to other womenâ€”as well as any writer I can think of.â€â€”The Charlotte Observer, about Talk Before Sleep
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â€œElizabeth Bergâ€™s gift as a storyteller lies most powerfully in her ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, the remarkable in the everyday.â€â€”The Boston Globe
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â€œBergâ€™s writing is to literature what Chopinâ€™s Ã©tudes are to musicâ€”measured, delicate, and impossible to walk away from until their completion. [Grade:] A+.â€â€”Entertainment Weekly
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â€œBerg could be creating a new genre. . . . [She] is especially wonderful at depicting the small revealing moments of womenâ€™s friendships, the offhand sharing of secrets in the grocery store.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews

Country	USA
Author	Elizabeth Berg
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Random House
EAN	9780812993141
Edition	1st Printing
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
Format	Deckle Edge
ISBN	0812993144
Label	Random House
Manufacturer	Random House
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	240
PublicationDate	2013-04-09
Publisher	Random House
ReleaseDate	2013-04-09
Studio	Random House

Tapestry of Fortunes: A Novel

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