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A Stoic’s plans meet the claims of the heart

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A Stoic’s plans meet the claims of the heart

Adora Hazzard is introduced as a Stoic philosopher with a settled idea of how to live: by keeping her life centered on the mind. The novel’s premise turns on that resolve meeting the heart’s demands. It sets philosophical ideals alongside the complications of personal life, framing the story around the tension between what Adora has reasoned out and what she cannot simply think her way past.

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Readers interested in fiction that brings Stoic philosophy into a personal story
Readers drawn to novels about the tension between intellectual ideals and emotional life

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StoicismIntellect and emotionPersonal life

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"Maria Semple is a treasure." --Los Angeles Times

The New York Times bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette returns to form in her most exuberant and life-affirming novel yet with the story of one woman's cheerful determination to live a life of the mind only to have the heart force its way in.

Adora Hazzard has it all figured out. A Stoic philosopher and divorc

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