This is Where We Live, Janelle Brown
This is Where We Live, Janelle Brown
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This is Where We Live

Author: Janelle Brown

Narrator: Erik Davies, Phoebe Zimmermann

Unabridged: 13 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/15/2010


Synopsis

This Is Where We Live tells the story of Claudia and Jeremy, a young married couple (she’s an aspiring filmmaker, he’s an indie musician) who are on the verge of making it. Her first film was a sensation at Sundance and is about to have its theatrical release, he’s assembled a new band and is a few songs shy of an album. They’ve recently purchased their first home—an adorable mid-century bungalow with a breathtaking view of the city of Los Angeles—with the magical assistance of an adjustable-rate mortgage. But a series of seismic events—the tanking of Claudia’s film, the return of Jeremy’s ex-girlfriend, and the staggering adjustment of their monthly mortgage payments—deal a crushing blow to their dreams of the bohemian life and their professional aspirations and make them question their values and their shared vision of the future.

This Is Where We Live is a novel about the crucible of this economic moment—the way these times play with our hopes, compel us to reckon with our ambition, test our capacity for reinvention, and ask us to question the very things we love.

About The Author

Janelle Brown is a freelance journalist who writes for the New York Times, Vogue, Wired, Elle, and Self, among other publications, and was formerly a senior writer for Salon. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lorri

I'm not so sure about this book. I'm finding it hard to care about the characters. Now that I'm finished, I know I didn't care about any of them. Marybe I'm just tired of yuppies/hipsters whining about having to grow up. The story moves, though and the book does have some appeal. Possible recommenda......more

Goodreads review by Angela

An excellent novel about our times. Claudia and Jeremy, caught up in the momentum of the "gimme, gimme" generation, buy a house they cannot afford only to realize once the interest rate adjusts, their nascent marriage begins to flounder. Jeremy, in possession of an original painting his now famous e......more

Goodreads review by Becca

I really liked the concept of this book in the beginning, but as the book went on, I grew to hate both Claudia and Jeremy. Simply put, they are both extremely pretentious, to the point where I couldn't stand them. After getting themselves into a financial mess, they take in a perfectly nice roommate......more