The Last Good Paradise, Tatjana Soli
The Last Good Paradise, Tatjana Soli
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The Last Good Paradise

Author: Tatjana Soli

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 12 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/10/2015

Synopsis

On a small, unnamed coral atoll in the South Pacific, a group of troubled dreamers must face the possibility that the hopes they've labored after to single-mindedly might not lead lead them to the happiness that feel they were promised. Ann and Richard, an aspiring, Los Angeles power couple, are already sensing the cracks in their version of the American dream when their life unexpectedly implodes, leading them to brashly run away from home to a Robinson Crusoe idyll, Dex Cooper, lead singer of the rock band, Prospero, is facing his own slide from greatness, experimenting with artistic asceticism while accompanied by his sexy, young, and increasingly entrepreneurial muse, Wende. Loren, the French owner of the resort sauvage, has made is own Gauguin-like retreat from the world years before, only to find that the modern world has become impossible to disconnect from. Titi, descendent of Tahitian royalty, worker, and eventual inheritor of the resort, must fashion a vision of the island's future that includes its indigenous people, while her partner, Cooked, is torn between anarchy and lust. By turns of funny and tragic, The Last Good Paradise explores our modern, complex and often, self-contradictory disconnects, crafting an exhilarating story about our need to connect in an increasingly networked but isolating world. 

About Tatjana Soli

New York Times bestselling author Tatjana Soli's debut novel, The Lotus Eaters, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a New York Times Notable Book, and winner of the 2011 James Tait Black Prize. She lives with her husband in Southern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda on December 29, 2015

I received a Goodreads Giveaway advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. It ended as I hoped it would, though the twists and turns kept me wondering. I loved this book. Maybe because I dream of leaving everything here behind and buying a one-way ticket to a semi-deserted i......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on March 16, 2017

This book features a varied cast of characters on a remote, expensive tropical resort for different reasons. Ann and her husband Richard are fleeing possible bankruptcy. Richard and his friend/partner in opening a new restaurant have put themselves in debt to the wrong kind of people. Ann is burned......more

Goodreads review by Karen on March 23, 2015

I was a big fan of Soli's first book The Lotus Eaters but it took me awhile to get into this book since it seemed to be mostly about a group of self-centered materialistic couples from LA who are frittering away on a private island in Tahiti. The action soon picked up but everything, including the h......more

Goodreads review by Connie on August 31, 2016

Soli's "The Lotus Eaters" is one of my all-time favorite books. So, "The Last Good Paradise" had big shoes to fill. It did not come anywhere close to the depth, character, and strength of story of "The Lotus Eaters". On its own, "Paradise" was mildly interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Sheryl on January 25, 2015

I received an advance reader copy through the Goodreads First Reads program. Ann, a junior LA attorney, and her husband, Richard, a chef, have to abruptly leave town after Richard's high-flying, profligate restaurant partner finds himself in financial trouble and the couple's assets are frozen. The......more

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