Book review: A Fortunate Age
Non-fiction: A Fortunate Age. By Joanna Rakoff. Bloomsbury, €22.60. Reviewed by Colette Sexton
Joanna Rakoff’s novel A Fortunate Age explores the lives of six friends who met at a private liberal arts college but are now battling the real world as they try to make it in New York City. At the beginning of the book, Lil, the would-be scholar, announces her impending nuptials, much to the surprise and judgment of her college friends. What follows brings the group from the 1990s to post-9/11 New York, ...
