false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185410453m/1577123.jpg 1577123 2 Rachel Kadish offers a take on modern love in a romantic comedy that is as enchanting as it is intelligent. Tolstoy famously wrote, “All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” To thirty-three-year-old English professor Tracy Farber, this celebrated maxim is questionable at best. If Tolstoy is to be taken at his word, only unhappiness can be interesting and happiness must be dull and pedestrian. Disturbed, Tracy secretly nurtures an unusual project: proving that happiness is interesting, in literature and in life. Although challenging master Tolstoy is a potential threat to her job security, Tracy is confident. After all, she’s her own perfect example—content with friends and work and satisfied to be single. But little does she know that her best proof will come when she meets George, who will sweep her off her feet and challenge all of her theories. When love proves more complicated than Tracy had imagined, she wonders if she’ll ever find happiness that fulfills both her head and her heart. 1569873 2006 Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story total:176|5:32|4:54|3:62|2:22|1:6| 176 612 283 55 1 1 false false Sun Nov 18 10:59:21 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 18 11:04:37 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 10:41:47 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 10:41:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 08:36:25 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 08:36:36 -0700 2009
Rachel Kadish, in setting out to disprove this obviously...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 07:48:54 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 07:55:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 09:40:52 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 09:43:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 12 05:02:24 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 05:11:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 14:46:42 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 14:50:03 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Mon Mar 30 17:19:14 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 15:30:06 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 30 08:42:41 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 08:44:43 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 07:51:15 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 07:51:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 03 22:13:25 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 22:16:16 -0800 2009 I think it is a clever premise and appreciated the read more than most because I currently fall into all categories listed above.]]> 1 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 13:13:28 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 09:09:47 -0800 2008
Pretentious, condescending pseudo-intellectual crap. Basically chick-lit, but not even that well-written. Kadish attempts to gain ballast by spewing her sophomoric word-vomit from the mouth of an "I'm way cooler than this petty academia" professor whose very ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 23:39:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 23:19:14 -0700 2009
Interesting premise and some funny and wise lines. The plot itself was OK, but I found parts of the novel irritating. First, the novel has no chapters, only parts. True, there are breaks in the prose--but why no chapters? And early in the book the stream of consciousness style s...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 20:10:50 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 21:22:33 -0700 2008
What ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 18:14:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 18:15:11 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 15 13:21:08 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 13:21:41 -0800 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 14:02:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 21:40:25 -0700 2008 I'm a Tolstoy fan, so I was thrilled at th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 08:20:30 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 15:33:05 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 16:58:32 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 17:02:58 -0800 2009 ]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 15 13:25:02 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 13:25:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1577123