The Resource We begin our ascent, Joe Mungo Reed
We begin our ascent, Joe Mungo Reed
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- Summary
- "Sol and Liz are a couple on the cusp. He's a professional cyclist in the Tour de France, a workhorse but not yet a star. She's a geneticist on the brink of a major discovery, either that or a loss of funding. They've just welcomed their first child into the world, and their bright future lies just before them--if only they can reach out and grab it. But as Liz's research slows, as Sol starts doping, their dreams grow murkier and the risks graver. Over the whirlwind course of the Tour, they enter the orbit of an extraordinary cast of conmen and aspirants, who draw the young family ineluctably into the depths of an illegal drug smuggling operation. As Liz and Sol flounder to discern right from wrong, up from down, they are forced to decide: What is it we're striving for? And what is it worth? We Begin Our Ascent dances nimbly between tragic and comic, exploring the cost of ambition and the question of what gives our lives meaning. Reed melds the powerful themes of great marital dramas like Revolutionary Road with the humor, character, and heart of a George Saunders collection. Throughout, we're drawn inside the cycling world and treated to the brilliant literary sports-writing of modern classics like The Art of Fielding or End Zone." --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501169229
- Label
- We begin our ascent
- Title
- We begin our ascent
- Statement of responsibility
- Joe Mungo Reed
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Sol and Liz are a couple on the cusp. He's a professional cyclist in the Tour de France, a workhorse but not yet a star. She's a geneticist on the brink of a major discovery, either that or a loss of funding. They've just welcomed their first child into the world, and their bright future lies just before them--if only they can reach out and grab it. But as Liz's research slows, as Sol starts doping, their dreams grow murkier and the risks graver. Over the whirlwind course of the Tour, they enter the orbit of an extraordinary cast of conmen and aspirants, who draw the young family ineluctably into the depths of an illegal drug smuggling operation. As Liz and Sol flounder to discern right from wrong, up from down, they are forced to decide: What is it we're striving for? And what is it worth? We Begin Our Ascent dances nimbly between tragic and comic, exploring the cost of ambition and the question of what gives our lives meaning. Reed melds the powerful themes of great marital dramas like Revolutionary Road with the humor, character, and heart of a George Saunders collection. Throughout, we're drawn inside the cycling world and treated to the brilliant literary sports-writing of modern classics like The Art of Fielding or End Zone." --
- Assigning source
- (Source of summary not specified)
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Reed, Joe Mungo
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6118.E4547
- LC item number
- W4 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Tour de France (Bicycle race)
- Cyclists
- Women geneticists
- Cycling
- Doping in sports
- Drug traffic
- Label
- We begin our ascent, Joe Mungo Reed
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1006795887
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501169229
- Lccn
- 2018014606
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1006795887
- Label
- We begin our ascent, Joe Mungo Reed
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1006795887
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501169229
- Lccn
- 2018014606
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1006795887
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