{"id":264,"date":"2023-11-16T19:46:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2023-11-28T02:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T02:24:57","slug":"triangels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/?page_id=264","title":{"rendered":"TRIANGELS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/triangles-9781451626346_hr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/triangles-9781451626346_hr.jpg 405w, https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/triangles-9781451626346_hr-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">ABOUT THE BOOK<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In this emotionally powerful novel, three women face the age-old midlife question: If I\u2019m halfway to death, is this all I\u2019ve got to show for it? Holly, filled with regret for being a stay-at-home mom, sheds sixty pounds and loses herself in the world of extramarital sex. Andrea, a single mom and avowed celibate, watches her friend Holly\u2019s meltdown with a mixture of concern and contempt. Holly is throwing away what Andrea has spent her whole life searching for\u2014a committed relationship with a decent guy. So what if Andrea picks up Holly\u2019s castaway husband? Then there\u2019s Marissa. She has more than her fair share of challenges\u2014a gay teenage son, a terminally ill daughter, and a husband who buries himself in his work rather than face the facts. As one woman\u2019s marriage unravels, another one\u2019s rekindles. As one woman\u2019s family comes apart at the seams, another\u2019s is reconfigured into something bigger and better. In this story of connections and disconnections, one woman\u2019s up is another one\u2019s down, and all three of them will learn the meaning of friendship, betrayal, and forgiveness before it is through.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">BOOK TRAILER<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ellen Hopkins Triangles Audiobook Interview\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ohpx9VrMG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>BOOK EXCERPT<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">TRIANGLES<\/h5>\n<p>Mirror Mirror<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">When I look into a<\/p>\n<p>Scientists say every action<br \/>\ninitiates an equal and opposite<br \/>\nreaction. I say that\u2019s just the start.<br \/>\nI say<br \/>\nevery action initiates a most<br \/>\nunequal and unpredictable<br \/>\nchain reaction, that<br \/>\nevery<br \/>\nfilament of living becomes<br \/>\npart of a larger weave, while<br \/>\nremaining identifiable. That each<br \/>\nline<br \/>\nof latitude requires several<br \/>\nstripes of longitude to obtain<br \/>\nmeaning. That every universe<br \/>\nis part<br \/>\nof a bigger heaven, a heaven<br \/>\nof rhythm and geometry,<br \/>\nwhere a heartbeat is the apex<br \/>\nof a triangle.<\/p>\n<h3>REVIEW FOR TRIANGLES<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>REVIEWS FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY:<\/h5>\n<p>Teenage angst is all grown up\u2014but no less fraught with sexual misadventure and gnawing insecurity\u2014in Hopkins\u2019s fearless first novel for adults written entirely in verse. For restless writer and mother-of-three Holly, her looming 40th birthday prompts increasingly risky sexual behavior (inspiration for her sizzling-hot erotica), even as her rebellious teenage daughter charges down her own dangerous sexual path. Meanwhile, Andrea, one divorce and one affair with a married man already under her belt, finds comfort with Holly\u2019s husband after he discovers that Holly has been doing her erotica homework with another man. And while Andrea\u2019s sister Marissa cares for her dying five-year-old daughter and her gay teenage son, her marriage crumbles under the weight of betrayal, anger, and guilt. Written in her signature poetic verse style, Hopkins (Crank) delivers a raw and riveting tale of love and forgiveness that will captivate readers. (Oct.)\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT THE BOOK In this emotionally powerful novel, three women face the age-old midlife question: If I\u2019m halfway to death, is this all I\u2019ve got to show for it? Holly, filled with regret for being a stay-at-home mom, sheds sixty pounds and loses herself in the world of extramarital sex. Andrea, a single mom and avowed celibate, watches her friend Holly\u2019s meltdown with a mixture of concern and contempt. Holly is throwing away what Andrea has spent her whole life searching for\u2014a committed relationship with a decent guy. So what if Andrea picks up Holly\u2019s castaway husband? Then there\u2019s Marissa. She has more than her fair share of challenges\u2014a gay teenage son, a terminally ill daughter, and a husband who buries himself in his work rather than face the facts. As one woman\u2019s marriage unravels, another one\u2019s rekindles. As one woman\u2019s family comes apart at the seams, another\u2019s is reconfigured into something bigger and better. In this story of connections and disconnections, one woman\u2019s up is another one\u2019s down, and all three of them will learn the meaning of friendship, betrayal, and forgiveness before it is through. BOOK TRAILER BOOK EXCERPT TRIANGLES Mirror Mirror When I look into a Scientists say every action initiates an equal and opposite reaction. I say that\u2019s just the start. I say every action initiates a most unequal and unpredictable chain reaction, that every filament of living becomes part of a larger weave, while remaining identifiable. That each line of latitude requires several stripes of longitude to obtain meaning. That every universe is part of a bigger heaven, a heaven of rhythm and geometry, where a heartbeat is the apex of a triangle. REVIEW FOR TRIANGLES REVIEWS FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: Teenage angst is all grown up\u2014but no less fraught with sexual misadventure and gnawing insecurity\u2014in Hopkins\u2019s fearless first novel for adults written entirely in verse. For restless writer and mother-of-three Holly, her looming 40th birthday prompts increasingly risky sexual behavior (inspiration for her sizzling-hot erotica), even as her rebellious teenage daughter charges down her own dangerous sexual path. Meanwhile, Andrea, one divorce and one affair with a married man already under her belt, finds comfort with Holly\u2019s husband after he discovers that Holly has been doing her erotica homework with another man. And while Andrea\u2019s sister Marissa cares for her dying five-year-old daughter and her gay teenage son, her marriage crumbles under the weight of betrayal, anger, and guilt. Written in her signature poetic verse style, Hopkins (Crank) delivers a raw and riveting tale of love and forgiveness that will captivate readers. 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