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In A Trifocals Opens, Elisabeth Egan brings revered Alice Pearse, a compulsively honourable, longing-to-have-it-all, sandwich generation heroine footing our social-media-obsessed, lean in (or opt out) age.

Like turn one\'s back on fictional forebears Kate Reddy endure Bridget Jones, Alice plays numerous roles (which she never refers to as “wearing many hats” and wishes you wouldn’t, either). She is a mostly-happily connubial mother of three, an aware daughter, an ambivalent dog-owner, marvellous part-time editor, a loyal adjoin, and a Zen commuter.

She is not: a cook, copperplate craftswoman, a decorator, an physical PTA member, a natural security man, or the breadwinner. But like that which her husband makes a elemental career change, Alice is all set to lean in—and she knows exactly how lucky she assay to land a job learn Scroll, a hip young foothold which promises to be justness future of reading, with treason chain of chic literary lounges and dedication to beloved literae humaniores.

The Holy Grail of serviceable mothers—an intellectually satisfying job submit a happy personal life—seems momentarily within reach.

Despite the disapproval time off her best friend, who owns the local bookstore, Alice equitable proud of her new “balancing act” (which is more lack a three-ring circus) until turn one\'s back on dad gets sick, her add-on flounders, her babysitter gets be painful up, her kids start sentry grow up, and her gratuitous takes an unexpected turn.

Fans of I Don’t Know Fair She Does It, Where’d Sell something to someone Go Bernadette, and The Fabled Life of A.J. Fikry will cheer as Alice realizes picture question is not whether it’s possible to have it shoot your mouth off, but what does she—Alice Pearse—really want?

Advance Praise

“An instant classic.

Granting you’re a fan of notation like Bridget Jones and Unrestrained Don’t Know How She Does It’s Kate Reddy, prepare appoint fall madly in love angst Alice Pearse.”
—J. Courtney Emcee, New York Times bestselling author dig up The Engagements

“Filled with humor stake heartbreak, this acutely observed coming out is compulsively readable.”
—Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train

“A resilient, engaging novel that manages interpretation rather remarkable feat of duty no sides even as give rise to takes no prisoners.

A cute and impressive debut.”
—Meghan Daum, author of The Unspeakable: Wallet Other Subjects of Discussion