01392nam a22001937a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100080008008200220008810000180011024500220012826000430015030000240019336500350021752009030025265000200115565000230117520260129144145.0230608b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0316855340  cAL  aeng  223a823.914bPILR  aRobin Pilcher  aRisk worth taking  aGreat BritainbTime Warner Booksc2004  ax,294pbPBc23x15cm  2Englishb1130.00c₹d1130.00  aAfter the dot-com bubble burst, Dan Porter is laid off from his job and must decide what is truly important. His wife of twenty years, Jackie, a beautiful and successful managing director at a clothing designer shop, no longer connects with him. His teenagers, Josh, Nina, and Millie, are distant and confusing. Jackie is tempted by the attentions of a younger man at her office, and thanks to an opportunity suggested by a magazine article, Dan finds himself contemplating a drastic change in his life.
A Risk Worth Taking is an insightful, thought-provoking novel of a man who has to discover what he really values in his work, marriage, and life. Robin Pilcher writes fluidly and well, and he is unerringly adept at capturing the details of his characters' lives. He has written a poignant and engrossing story about the real choices many adults face when they start taking stock of their lives.  aEnglish Fiction  aEnglish Literature