Constellations of Eve, Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood
Constellations of Eve, Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood
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Constellations of Eve

Author: Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood

Narrator: Catherine Ho

Unabridged: 8 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/03/2022


Synopsis

Eve is a reluctant mother; Eve is a famous phenomenon; Eve is a quiet country teacher. Liam is a successful artist; Liam is a scheming husband; Liam is a gentle partner. Pari is a leading scientific researcher; Pari is a recognized model; Pari is a picture of declining mental states.

Constellations of Eve weaves together three deviations of one love story. In each variation, the narrative changes slightly, with life-altering impacts. Against a backdrop of difficult people finding their place in a constantly shifting universe, the novel manipulates the variables leading to their fraught romantic entanglements, tearing through a host of lifetimes in search of the one in which all the brightest stars align.

In this philosophical fable of art and fate, Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood paints a world that floats above our own and contours the infinitesimal moments that shape who we love, over whom we obsess, and how we decide what to live for.

Each reality allows Eve another chance at finding her true destiny and personal and professional fulfilment—but can she get it right? Is there even such a thing as right? Constellations of Eve wrestles with the most intimate betrayals and the staggering personal costs of stifling artistic ambition, pursuing it to the exclusion of family, or letting it disperse in favor of an all-consuming love.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy

Another novel I might never have heard of or read, from The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. It was the June, 2022 selection. The author was born in Vietnam, then emigrated with her mother to the US. The publisher is a creation of Viet Thanh Nguyen (author of The Sympathizer) through Texas Tech Universi......more

Goodreads review by WndyJW

The author Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood wrote that the death of her father when she was a child profoundly effected her and she lives with the awareness that death could strike at any moment and take her husband or her. This awareness of the unpredictability of death and her Buddhist belief in rebirth l......more

Goodreads review by Elena

I give it 3.5! It was extremely well written and had a great concept. Some of the subject is a bit dark and hard to read (first 100 pages), but it’s a great book overall......more