Reconsidering Happiness A Novel
Reconsidering Happiness, a novel by Sherrie Flick, is published by U of Nebraska Press in a new edition released on September 1, 2009. This 208-page work follows twenty-three-year-old Vivette as she embarks on a transformative journey from a New England bakery to the landscapes of Iowa, driven by a mix of desire and restlessness. The narrative explores her relationships and the choices that shape her life, particularly her connection with Margaret, a woman who once left the same bakery in search of her own path.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes such as love, loneliness, and the complexities of female friendship. As Vivette and Margaret navigate their intertwined lives, they confront secrets and compromises that define their experiences. The story unfolds against a backdrop of longing and aspiration, capturing the essence of their quests for fulfillment. Through vivid imagery and relatable struggles, the novel presents a nuanced portrayal of the pursuit of happiness in a world filled with uncertainty.
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The two silent Ss of Des Moines beckon twenty-three-year-old Vivette with a sexy finger, a promise. So, in the mid-1990s, she convinces Grandpa Joe-Joe to sell his Buick for twenty dollars, leaves behind her friends, her job at a hip New England bakery, and an affair with a married man, and moves to Iowa. Margaret, who left the same bakery years earlier on her own restless quest, offers pointers from her cautiously settled Nebraska life. ø In a story of lust and longing, love and loneliness, disappointment and desire stretching from the East Coast to the West, these two pioneering women navigate through secrets, lies, decisions, and compromises shared over pool tables, postcards, and shots of whiskey. Starting up, starting over, slowing down, they crisscross each other?s lives like highways on a map, always escaping, flying toward a dreamt future, and trying to avoid the charted course.
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