Book description
New York, 1945 - Sara Smythe, a young, beautiful and intelligent
woman, ready to make her own way in the big city attends her brothers
Thanksgiving Eve party. As the party gets into full swing, in walks
Jack Malone, a US Army journalist back from a defeated Germany and a
man unlike any Sara has ever met before - one who is destined to
change Sara's future forever.
But finding love isn't the same as finding happiness - as Sara and
Jack soon find out. In post-war America chance meetings aren't always
as they seem, and people's choices can often have profound
repercussions. Sara and Jack find they are subject to forces beyond
their control and that their destinies are formed by more than just
circumstance. In this world of intrigue and emotional conflict, Sara
must fight to survive -against Jack, as much as for him.
In this mesmerising tale of longing and betrayal, The Pursuit of
Happiness is a great tragic love story; a tale of divided
loyalties, decisive moral choices, and the random workings of destiny.
Douglas Kennedy's novels include the critically acclaimed bestsellers
The Pursuit of Happiness, A Special Relationship
,
The Woman in the Fifth
and
The Moment
. He is also the author of three highly praised travel books. His work
has been translated into twenty-two languages. In 2006 he was awarded
the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Born in Manhattan, he has two children and currently divides his time
between London, Paris, Berlin and Maine.
