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When the Road Curves

by Marianne Lonsdale

A return to Oakland brings new choices

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A return to Oakland brings new choices

Set in the Bay Area during the 1990s, the novel centers on Nora’s return to Oakland after a decade in New York. At thirty-six, she is weighing questions about work, marriage, and children as relationships reshape her sense of direction. Her connection with Paul, a singer-songwriter who struggles with anger, unfolds alongside the illness of her best friend Linda, who is diagnosed with AIDS. These strands place questions of commitment and personal choice beside friendship, loss, and the demands of care.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary fiction about relationships and turning points in adult life.
  • Readers seeking a 1990s Bay Area setting and a story involving friendship, illness, and loss.

Themes

Love and commitmentFriendship and caregivingCareer and life choicesIllness and loss

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Book overview

 

When The Road Curves follows thirty-six-year-old Nora as she navigates love, friendship, and loss in the Bay Area in the 1990s. Returning home to Oakland after spending a decade working and playing hard in New York City, Nora is at a crossroads-evaluating career choices and wondering if she wants marriage and children.

 

Then she meets Paul-a singer-songwriter who is gorgeous, attentive and great in bed-but struggles with anger issues. The road curves once more when her best friend Linda is diagnosed with AIDS forcing Nora to make life-altering decisions.

 

 

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