Description
Hannah Gavener is fourteen in the summer of 1991. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannahโs own life, her parentsโ marriage is crumbling. And somewhere in between these two extremes--just maybe--lie the answers to loveโs most bewildering questions. But over the next decade and a half, as she moves from Philadelphia to Boston to Albuquerque, Hannah finds that the questions become more rather than less complicated: At what point can you no longer blame your adult failures on your messed-up childhood? Is settling for someone whoโs not your soul mate an act of maturity or an admission of defeat? And if you move to another state for a guy who might not love you back, are you being plucky or just pathetic?None of the relationships in Hannahโs life are without complications. Thereโs her father, whose stubbornness Hannah realizes sheโs unfortunately inherited; her gorgeous cousin, Fig, whose misbehavior alternately intrigues and irritates Hannah; Henry, whom Hannah first falls for in college, while heโs dating Fig; and the boyfriends who love her more or less than she deserves, who adore her or break her heart. By the time sheโs in her late twenties, Hannah has finally figured out what she wants most--but she doesnโt yet know whether sheโll find the courage to go after it.
Full of honesty and humor, The Man of My Dreams is an unnervingly insightful and beautifully written examination of the outside forces and personal choices that make us who we are. ISBN:9780330445603
