Emmas Table, Philip Galanes
Emmas Table, Philip Galanes
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Emma's Table
A Novel

Author: Philip Galanes

Narrator: Laurie Klein

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 01/20/2012


Synopsis

EMMA’S TABLE opens with Emma Sutton arriving at the esteemed FitzCoopers auction house. As always, Emma knows exactly what she wants - a beautiful Japanese table - but she doesn’t necessarily realize what she’s getting: the opportunity to set things right. For Emma happens to be fresh from a year-long stretch in prison and the media-blood-letting that accompanied her fall, and she needs a clean start. Her return to her former life – her glittering business success and her fractured family, the TV cameras and the chauffeured cars, the awkward Sunday dinners at home: none of it feels quite right. To her credit, Emma listens to the whispering realization that comes on the heels of her crisis: She needs to find a better way, though she can’t imagine what it might be. Enter Benjamin, Emma’s assistant – a terminally charming young social worker, who moonlights for her on the weekends – and one of Benjamin’s most heart-breaking wards, an obese little girl from Queens named Gracie. Along with a handful of eclectic supporting characters – including a tiny Japanese diplomat, a bossy yoga instructor, and Emma’s prodigal ex-husband – Emma, Benjamin, and Gracie are whisked into a fleet-footed story of unforeseen circumstance and delicious opportunity, as their individual searches for their better paths bring them all, however improbably, together.Sophisticated yet accessible, lighthearted but not insubstantial, EMMA’S TABLE is a highly entertaining and surprisingly affecting tale of second chances.

About Philip Galanes

An entertainment lawyer in private practice and an award-winning interior designer, Philip Galanes is the author of the advice column Social Q's in the New York Times Sunday Styles section. He divides his time between New York City and East Hampton, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Terri

This was a “discard” book that I picked up at the library just before the holidays. The word “discard” often leads me to believe it isn’t going to be a a good thing but I am always willing to give anything a chance and this was a freebie. My first impression of this book was that it was based on Mar......more

Goodreads review by Jodie

I really enjoyed this book. A pleasure to read. An interesting tale of our times, flows along smoothly, engaging characters and a solid plot line. I bought an extra copy for friends.......more