Three Stages of Amazement, Carol Edgarian
Three Stages of Amazement, Carol Edgarian
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Three Stages of Amazement

Author: Carol Edgarian

Narrator: Anne Twomey

Unabridged: 11 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/08/2011

Synopsis

The New York Times bestseller, a “furiously compelling” (New York Times) and richly compassionate novel about marriage, ambition, and reclaiming of love—by novelist and cofounder of the online fiction magazine Narrative.

Set in San Francisco, Three Stages of Amazement takes readers on a spellbinding journey across a landscape of national unease, when the fragility of one marriage reflects the tenuous state of the American Dream. Lena Rusch and her husband, Charlie Pepper, still believe they can have it all—sex, love, marriage, children, career, brilliance. But when life delivers surprises and tests, they must face, for the first time in their lives, real limitation.

Told with eloquence and compassion, Three Stages of Amazement is a true thriller of the heart—about confronting adversity, gaining wisdom, and finding great love.

About Carol Edgarian

New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian’s novels include Vera, Three Stages of Amazement, and Rise the Euphrates. Her essays and articles regularly appear in national magazines and anthologies, and she is editor of The Writer’s Life: Intimate Thoughts on Work, Love, Inspiration, and Fame. She is cofounder and editor of Narrative, a leading digital publisher of fiction, poetry, essays and art, and Narrative in the Schools, which provides free reading and writing resources to students and teachers in nineteen countries. She lives in San Francisco with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on December 22, 2012

Wow - what a strange book this was. It's a story about a troubled marriage in Silicon Valley during the beginning of the Great Recession, framed by the husband's struggling startup company specializing in surgery robots. The startup's newest investor is an estranged family member who has a surprise......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on August 14, 2020

What a bittersweet 'little gem' of a book! I loved ‘Three Stages of Amazement’ by Carol Edgarian. Putting us on the inside of two marriages - a rich uncle and his socialite wife in their 70's, and a middle-aged couple struggling with starting a new business with a sick baby newly born, and a healthy......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on April 21, 2011

This book rec'd very good reviews. I got through about 100 pages before losing interest in the characters and the story. It was not horrible, but reading it seemed a little more like a chore. I really liked some of the scenes and observations but overall, it just didn't sustain my interest enough to......more

Goodreads review by Jolene on November 28, 2010

This book was amazing--all the way through. Dr. Charlie Pepper and his wife Lena Rusch are struggling to keep their marriage together. They have an ailing infant child, Willa, a precocious son, Theo, and a robotic surgery device, Nimbus, that Charlie is trying to develop in the recessed economy. Cal......more

Goodreads review by Loyola University Chicago Libraries on August 18, 2011

Despite some shrewd observations and compelling scenes, this book is terribly overwritten and morose. It's also overcrowded; if the story could have focused solely on Lena and Charlie, a struggling married couple with financial problems and a sick baby, perhaps Edgarian could have created an emotion......more

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