This âenthrallingâ (The New York Times Book Review) and âintrospective, energetic novelâ (Booklist) explores what it means to be a woman in her many formsâdaughter, friend, partner, lover, and motherâfrom the acclaimed author of Tuesday Nights in 1980.
Emily writes for womenâs catalogs for a living, but sheâd rather be writing books. She has a handsome photographer boyfriend, but she actively wonders how and when they will eventually hurt each other. Her best work friend was abruptly laid off. When her world is further upended by an unplanned pregnancy, Emily is forced to make tough decisions that will change her life forever.
What will she sacrifice from her old life to make room for a new one? What fires will she be forced to extinguish, and which will keep burning? Old Flame is an essential, âwarmhearted, and luminous page-turner about desire, time, love, parenthood, work, and art in womenâs livesâ (Sophie McManus, author of The Unfortunates).