Away From Home
$ 5.00
Author: Rona Jaffe
Publisher: Crest R462
Year: 1961 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.60
Condition: Book Grades Reader. Missing back cover. Solid
Genre: Fiction/Drama/Historical
Pages: 320
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Set in the late 1950s, the story follows three young, successful American couples who relocate to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Though Rio initially feels like an exotic paradise and an escape from the rigid expectations of life in the United States, the expatriate dream quickly unravels. When the chaotic madness of the annual Carnival festival begins, the characters hide behind festive masks and costumes, giving in to temptation, infidelities, and buried secrets. Ultimately, being far from home forces each of them to confront who they have become and attempt to rediscover their true identities.
