{"product_id":"the-impossible-lives-of-greta-wells-hardcover","title":"The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Sean Greer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Confessions of Max Tivoli\u003c\/em\u003e comes \u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Lives of Greta Wells\u003c\/em\u003e, a rapturously romantic story of a woman who finds herself transported to the \"other lives\" she might have lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the death of her beloved twin brother and the abandonment of her long-time lover, Greta Wells undergoes electroshock therapy. Over the course of the treatment, Greta finds herself repeatedly sent to 1918, 1941, and back to the present. Whisked from the gas-lit streets and horse-drawn carriages of the West Village to a martini-fueled lunch at the Oak Room, in these other worlds, Greta finds her brother alive and well--though fearfully masking his true personality. And her former lover is now her devoted husband...but will he be unfaithful to her in this life as well? Greta Wells is fascinated by her alter egos: in 1941, she is a devoted mother; in 1918, she is a bohemian adulteress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this spellbinding novel by Andrew Sean Greer, each reality has its own losses, its own rewards; each extracts a different price. Which life will she choose as she wrestles with the unpredictability of love and the consequences of even her most carefully considered choices?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1985. After the death of her beloved twin brother, Felix, and the breakup with her longtime lover, Nathan, Greta Wells embarks on a radical psychiatric treatment to alleviate her suffocating depression. But the treatment has unexpected effects, and Greta finds herself transported to the lives she might have had if she'd been born in different eras. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the course of her treatment, Greta cycles between her own time and alternate lives in 1918, where she is a bohemian adulteress, and 1941, which transforms her into a devoted mother and wife. Separated by time and social mores, Greta's three lives are remarkably similar, fraught with familiar tensions and difficult choices. Each reality has its own losses, its own rewards, and each extracts a different price. And the modern Greta learns that her alternate selves are unpredictable, driven by their own desires and needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs her final treatment looms, questions arise: What will happen once each Greta learns how to remain in one of the other worlds? Who will choose to stay in which life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagically atmospheric, achingly romantic, \u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Lives of Greta Wells\u003c\/em\u003e beautifully imagines what if and wondrously wrestles with the impossibility of what could be.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1985. After the death of her beloved twin brother, Felix, and the breakup with her longtime lover, Nathan, Greta Wells embarks on a radical psychiatric treatment to alleviate her suffocating depression. But the treatment has unexpected effects, and Greta finds herself transported to the lives she might have had if she'd been born in different eras. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the course of her treatment, Greta cycles between her own time and alternate lives in 1918, where she is a bohemian adulteress, and 1941, which transforms her into a devoted mother and wife. Separated by time and social mores, Greta's three lives are remarkably similar, fraught with familiar tensions and difficult choices. Each reality has its own losses, its own rewards, and each extracts a different price. And the modern Greta learns that her alternate selves are unpredictable, driven by their own desires and needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs her final treatment looms, questions arise: What will happen once each Greta learns how to remain in one of the other worlds? Who will choose to stay in which life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagically atmospheric, achingly romantic, \u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Lives of Greta Wells\u003c\/em\u003e beautifully imagines \"what if\" and wondrously wrestles with the impossibility of what could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 9.68 x 5.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155738169479,"sku":"9780062213785","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8af8d4036310f1d18c6453c0c360c3e8.webp?v=1733238446","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-impossible-lives-of-greta-wells-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}