Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to ...
Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a Green Card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives, and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could've predicted.
Each compulsively readable chapter explores the lives of Cleo, Frank, and an unforgettable cast of their closest friends and family as they grow up and grow older. Whether it's Cleo's best friend struggling to embrace his gender queerness in the wake of Cleo's marriage, or Frank's financially dependent sister arranging sugar daddy dates to support herself after being cut off, or Cleo and Frank themselves as they discover the trials of marriage and mental illness, each character is as absorbing, and painfully relatable, as the last.
As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, entertaining as it is deeply moving, Cleopatra and Frankenstein marks the entry of a brilliant and bold new talent.
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“S,what's your job?”
I'm a Sugar Baby,"she said proudly."I'm on this website called DaddyDearest that pairsgentlemen of a certain meansshe pulled her palms from Zoe's and curled her long lilac nails into air quotes-"with girlslike me.You have to be in college or have graduated to be a Baby.Theyjust have to be rich.It's men who want attractive but,like,educated girlsto take to work functions and business meetings and such."
“Do you.”
"Sleep with them?"Portia said brightly."That's between you and yourDaddies.But if you want to arrange something with them...Well,Ipaid off my college loans and bought a Honda Accord off that shit." (查看原文)
Part of me was thinking like Frank is so fucked up that he doesn’t deserve Elenor at all, the other part was trying to convince myself that everyone deserves a second chance.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I particularly don’t like some of the characters. Reading Eleanor’s narrative is like reading her diary; Cleo and Frank are still in love with each other, not ro...I have mixed feelings about this book. I particularly don’t like some of the characters. Reading Eleanor’s narrative is like reading her diary; Cleo and Frank are still in love with each other, not romantically but more like a family…(展开)
Normal People set in NY, as told. 'Loving is humiliating....The word humiliate comes from the Latin root humus, which means 'earth'. That's how love is supposed to feel.' Not 'making you feel high'. '...Normal People set in NY, as told. 'Loving is humiliating....The word humiliate comes from the Latin root humus, which means 'earth'. That's how love is supposed to feel.' Not 'making you feel high'. 'It should hold you like the earth.' #Tracy Chapman, Baby Can I Hold You ~(展开)
I thought this book was about Cleo and Frank,but it wasn’t. It’s a story about a group of broken people,everyone is searching for themselves.I don’t think this is a love fiction,it contains a lot.It l...I thought this book was about Cleo and Frank,but it wasn’t. It’s a story about a group of broken people,everyone is searching for themselves.I don’t think this is a love fiction,it contains a lot.It looks a little bit like another book named normal people, but I prefer this one,more soft,moved…Don’t how to explain,just love it deeply.(展开)
Part of me was thinking like Frank is so fucked up that he doesn’t deserve Elenor at all, the other part was trying to convince myself that everyone deserves a second chance.
0 有用 cassette酱 2024-01-27 18:23:23 上海
Part of me was thinking like Frank is so fucked up that he doesn’t deserve Elenor at all, the other part was trying to convince myself that everyone deserves a second chance.
0 有用 下颌骨咕咚咕咚 2023-07-17 08:40:07 美国
两个都有童年阴影的人在选择结婚之后却继续相爱相杀的故事。没有治愈彼此，只有无穷无尽的伤害。Cleo选择把她的everything剥出来给Frank看，但是Frank选择逃避。男人不值得，Cleo可以选择更好的。
0 有用 蝠诺黑暗骑士 2023-04-19 05:28:57 西班牙
有点不痛不痒的感觉
0 有用 Fyea 2023-12-21 12:55:40 北京
人生在进入婚姻时总会遇到各种难题,cleo和Frank的感情太多乍见之欢，少了太多精神交流。然而源自原生家庭的影响还是需要自我救赎，虽然不是happy ending，但还是尊重选择。Cleo成长了。
0 有用 酪梨吐司 2022-05-03 10:34:47
I have mixed feelings about this book. I particularly don’t like some of the characters. Reading Eleanor’s narrative is like reading her diary; Cleo and Frank are still in love with each other, not ro... I have mixed feelings about this book. I particularly don’t like some of the characters. Reading Eleanor’s narrative is like reading her diary; Cleo and Frank are still in love with each other, not romantically but more like a family… (展开)
0 有用 叶落雪晴 2024-05-27 19:41:39 四川
呃… 作为纯文学来看，文笔确实不错，人物心理抓得也准。但是优点也仅此而已了。作者有艺术天赋，但太没思想深度。
0 有用 豆友189161761 2024-05-23 00:11:59 美国
最后我真的吐了。恶心到我了
0 有用 Youknow-la 2024-04-21 11:42:39 云南
Normal People set in NY, as told. 'Loving is humiliating....The word humiliate comes from the Latin root humus, which means 'earth'. That's how love is supposed to feel.' Not 'making you feel high'. '... Normal People set in NY, as told. 'Loving is humiliating....The word humiliate comes from the Latin root humus, which means 'earth'. That's how love is supposed to feel.' Not 'making you feel high'. 'It should hold you like the earth.' #Tracy Chapman, Baby Can I Hold You ~ (展开)
0 有用 长岛鳄梨🥑 2024-02-29 22:08:39 浙江
I thought this book was about Cleo and Frank,but it wasn’t. It’s a story about a group of broken people,everyone is searching for themselves.I don’t think this is a love fiction,it contains a lot.It l... I thought this book was about Cleo and Frank,but it wasn’t. It’s a story about a group of broken people,everyone is searching for themselves.I don’t think this is a love fiction,it contains a lot.It looks a little bit like another book named normal people, but I prefer this one,more soft,moved…Don’t how to explain,just love it deeply. (展开)
0 有用 cassette酱 2024-01-27 18:23:23 上海
Part of me was thinking like Frank is so fucked up that he doesn’t deserve Elenor at all, the other part was trying to convince myself that everyone deserves a second chance.