Noah's Ark: A Novel

by Barbara Trapido

Overview

Ali Bobrow is an otherworldly single parent with an overwrought nine-year-old daughter, a malevolent ex and his grabby new wife, and an underused artistic talent. A pushover when it comes to needy neighbors and uninvited children, she allows her house to be the local drop-in center, until she collides with Noah Glazer, who falls for her pale red hair. A solid man of science, Noah walks into her over-populated life bringing good sense, order, and security. But ten years later, Ali is drawn back into the complexities of her past; an old lover, two ex-spouses, a colleague from clown school, and a small smuggled cat all help to rock the boat.

"Why did it take me so long to discover the singular joys of Barbara Trapido's novels? Why, for so many years, had I missed these witty, soulful, heartbreaking, expansive, brilliant tales? I have become a literary evangelist on her behalf." --Elizabeth Gilbert

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620408827
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	03/07/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Barbara Trapido was born in South Africa and is the author of seven novels, including Brother of the More Famous Jack, Temples of Delight, and The Travelling Hornplayer. She lives in Oxford, England.
Barbara Trapido is the author of seven novels including Brother of the More Famous Jack (winner of a Whitbread special prize for fiction), Temples of Delight (shortlisted for the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award), The Travelling Horn Player, and, most recently, Frankie and Stankie (shortlisted for the 1998 Whitbread Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize). She lives in Oxford.

Editorial Reviews

After two ill-considered marriages Alison is, literally, snatched from disaster by Noah Glazer, an American surgeon based in London. He is attracted by her pale beauty, her gentle other-worldliness, and her obvious need for strong male management. After a tender but passionate courtship, he whisks her, along with her daughter, from the seedy squalor of London to suburban Oxford, where Alison takes up painting. Into this idyll, however, comes Alison's first love, drawing her back to her South African girlhood, rekindling an old flame that illuminates her present in a new light. Likable characters move through the warm portrayal of middle-aged renewal with charm and ease. A paean to the survival of love. Ann Donovan, Central Washington Univ. Lib., Ellensburg

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