Layover

by Lisa Zeidner
Layover
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57 ratings, 2.81 average rating, 7 reviews (more data...)
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published
2000 by Harper Perennial

binding
Paperback, 288 pages

isbn
0060956496   (isbn13: 9780060956493)

description
Writing about grief has been the death of many a novelist--artistically speaking, that is. Even the most earnest attempts to describe this taxing and ...more






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Trish
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12/02/07

Read in October, 2006
This was a New York Times notable book, so I added it to my list of potential reads. Then I could never find it anywhere. Then suddenly a pristine copy popped up at the library book sale last weekend (along with a brand-new copy of The Ruins, which I sent to Bryan).

Layover is about Claire, a woman whose job selling medical equipment involves a lot of travel. But Claire--still hurting from the death of her son in a car accident and now wounded by her husband's ill-timed confession of infidel...more
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Steve
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11/19/08

Kind of gross, but maybe just because I'm a dude.
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Jason Pettus
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06/22/07

originally purchased at an airport simply for the cover alone (yow, sexy and dangerous), layover turned out to be quite the surprisingly satisfying erotic thriller, as well as a great meditation on loneliness, obsession, and family relationships. and dirty, too -- ooh, man, is it dirty. a great fast read that i recommend.
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Izzy
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06/19/07

Read in June, 2007
Dark, honest look at a woman having a nervous breakdown. Her child died; her husband coped by cheating on her. To deal with her own grief, she sneaks into hotel rooms and sleeps with inappropriate people. There's not a cliché in the book -- I don't know if I've ever read such realistic descriptions of female sexuality.
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Aimee
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09/20/08

a mother loses her son and then moves into a hotel and has affairs...she also swims laps.
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Shelly
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09/06/08

Brilliant book. I've optioned it and it's in development for a feature film.
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Carrie
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09/11/08

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Leslie
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Stacy
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09/28/08


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08/22/08

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Nancy
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