My nemesis: a novel
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"From the acclaimed author of Miss Burma, longlisted for the National Book Award and the Women's Prize, comes a tense and thought-provoking exploration of an intellectual affair and its reverberations across the lives of two couples. Tessa is a successful white woman writer who develops a friendship, first by correspondence and then in person, with Charlie, a ruggedly handsome philosopher and scholar based in Los Angeles. Sparks fly as they exchange ideas about Camus and masculine desire, and their intellectual connection promises more--but there are obstacles to this burgeoning relationship. While Tessa's husband Milton enjoys Charlie's company on his visits to the East Coast, Charlie's mixed-race Asian wife Wah is a different case, and she proves to be both adversary and conundrum to Tessa. Wah's traditional femininity and subservience to her husband strike Tessa as weaknesses, and she scoffs at the sacrifices Wah makes as adoptive mother to a Burmese girl, Htet, once homeless on the streets of Kuala Lumpur. But Wah has a kind of power too, especially over Charlie, and the conflict between the two women leads to Tessa's martini-fueled declaration that Wah is "an insult to womankind." As Tessa is forced to deal with the consequences of her outburst and considers how much she is limited by her own perceptions, she wonders if Wah is really as weak as she has seemed, or if she might have a different kind of strength altogether. An exercise in empathy, an exploration of betrayal, and a charged story of the thrill of a shared connection-and the perils of feminine rivalry-My Nemesis is a brilliantly dramatic and captivating story from a hugely talented writer whose portrayals are always gracefully phrased and keenly observed"--
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Adoptive parents
Adoptive parents -- Fiction
Adultery
Adultery -- Fiction
Audiobooks
California -- Fiction
Divorce
Divorce -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Electronic books
Interpersonal conflict
Interpersonal conflict -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Marriage
Marriage -- Fiction
Married people
Married people -- Fiction
Novels
Philosophers
Philosophers -- Fiction
Racially mixed people
Racially mixed people -- Fiction
Self-perception
Self-perception -- Fiction
Women
Women -- Fiction
Women authors
Women authors -- Fiction
Adoptive parents -- Fiction
Adultery
Adultery -- Fiction
Audiobooks
California -- Fiction
Divorce
Divorce -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Electronic books
Interpersonal conflict
Interpersonal conflict -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Marriage
Marriage -- Fiction
Married people
Married people -- Fiction
Novels
Philosophers
Philosophers -- Fiction
Racially mixed people
Racially mixed people -- Fiction
Self-perception
Self-perception -- Fiction
Women
Women -- Fiction
Women authors
Women authors -- Fiction
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9780802160713
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9798200676705
9780802160720
9798200676712
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9780802160720
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Adultery -- Fiction
Audiobooks
California -- Fiction
Divorce -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Electronic books
Interpersonal conflict -- Fiction
Literature -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Marriage -- Fiction
Married people -- Fiction
Novels
Philosophers -- Fiction
Racially mixed people -- Fiction
Self-perception -- Fiction
Women -- Fiction
Women authors -- Fiction
Adultery -- Fiction
Audiobooks
California -- Fiction
Divorce -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Electronic books
Interpersonal conflict -- Fiction
Literature -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Marriage -- Fiction
Married people -- Fiction
Novels
Philosophers -- Fiction
Racially mixed people -- Fiction
Self-perception -- Fiction
Women -- Fiction
Women authors -- Fiction
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Adultery
Divorce
Electronic books
Interpersonal conflict
Literature
Man-woman relationships
Marriage
Married people
Philosophers
Racially mixed people
Self-perception
Women
Women authors
Adultery
Divorce
Electronic books
Interpersonal conflict
Literature
Man-woman relationships
Marriage
Married people
Philosophers
Racially mixed people
Self-perception
Women
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