![]() Paradise Park is this crazy novel about a young woman, Sharon, who gets stranded by a self-centered, overly serious boyfriend in Hawaii. I just finished reading a book, Paradise Park by Allegra Goodman. Especially when she meets Mikhail, falls truly in love at last, and discovers what even she could not imagine-her destiny.more Still, even as she embraces her tradition, Sharon’s irrepressible self tugs at her sleeve. ![]() ![]() Then, in a karmic convergence of events, Sharon starts on the path home to Judaism. Ever the optimist, she is sure at each stage that she has struck it rich “spiritually speaking”-until she comes up empty. The voice that asks: “How come Gary got to pursue his causes, while all I got to pursue was him?” Thus, with an open heart, a soul on fire, and her meager possessions (a guitar, two Indian gauze skirts, a macramé bikini, and her grandfather’s silver watch) Sharon begins her own spiritual quest. Abandoned by her folk-dancing partner, Gary, in a Honolulu hotel room, Sharon realizes she could return to Boston-and her estranged fa Allegra Goodman has delighted readers with her critically acclaimed collections Total Immersion and The Family Markowitz, and her celebrated first novel, Kaaterskill Falls, which was a national bestseller and a National Book Award finalist.Ībandoned by her folk-dancing partner, Gary, in a Honolulu hotel room, Sharon realizes she could return to Boston-and her estranged family-or listen to that little voice inside herself. Allegra Goodman has delighted readers with her critically acclaimed collections Total Immersion and The Family Markowitz, and her celebrated first novel, Kaaterskill Falls, which was a national bestseller and a National Book Award finalist. ![]()
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