I received this as an Advanced Reading copy from
LibraryThing.com. It is a retelling of
Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Age of Innocence"
reset in a modern-day North London Jewish neighborhood. Adam Newman is newly
engaged to the beautiful, ideal, Rachel Gilbert when Rachel's wild younger
cousin Ellie Schneider moves back to London from
her wild, controversial life in New
York City. Adam
finds himself drawn to Ellie in ways he cannot define. He spends many hours dreaming of a life with
Ellie, instead of Rachel.
While I must say that Adam did not seem to be quite the
‘insipid ass’ that Newland Archer was in “The Age of Innocence”, he still was
not a character to whom I felt any affection and maybe that is the point. “The Innocents” tells the story of a people
with seemingly everything going for them, yet still they are not happy with
what they have. Ellie represents freedom
from Adam’s traditional lifestyle.
3 Stars (Rated PG)
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