Look at Us - by T L Toma (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Martin, a market analyst, and Lily, a corporate attorney, have a life that many would envy-they share an expensive downtown New York apartment with their twin toddlers, sample the delicacies of Manhattan's finest restaurants, and take Caribbean vacations. Brilliant and hardworking, they find their career ambitions rewarded with promotions and bonuses. But when the couple's nanny announces her immanent departure, they panic: how they will ever find a replacement capable of managing their spirited boys? Enter Maeve, a young Irish âemigrâe. Neither of them imagined how indispensable she would become, either to the household, or to their marriage. As the family's domestic bliss takes an unexpected turn, a different type of intimacy evolves, leading to an explosive finale. A captivating, trenchant portrait of marital sexual dynamics, LOOK AT US reveals just how fragile our social arrangements really are"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"Charged with erotic intensity. . . . Toma draws his world with Cheeverian nuance and flair; he's deeply insightful about the new American culture of 'watchers'--but to me his greatest skill is his ability to summon pure terror." --<b>George Dawes Green</b>, author of <i>The Caveman's Valentine</i>, <i>The Juror</i>, and <i>Ravens</i></p><p>"<i>Look at Us</i> is a scrupulous dissection of a contemporary marriage in mortal peril. It's also a wild ride of a novel, gorgeously written, by turns comic, lyrical, elegiac, disturbing, and profound. I couldn't put it down until the startling conclusion." --<b>Valerie Martin</b>, author of <i>Property</i> and <i>I Give It to You</i></p><p>Martin, a market analyst, and Lily, a corporate attorney, have a life that many would envy--they share an expensive New York apartment with their twin toddlers, sample the delicacies of Manhattan's finest restaurants, and take Caribbean vacations. But when the couple's nanny announces her imminent departure, they panic: how will they ever find a replacement capable of managing their spirited boys? Enter Maeve, a young Irish émigré. Neither of them imagines how indispensable she will become, either to the household or to their marriage. As the family's domestic bliss takes an unexpected turn, a different type of intimacy evolves, leading to an explosive finale.</p><p>A captivating, trenchant portrait of class and sexual dynamics, <i>Look at Us</i> reveals just how fragile our social arrangements really are.</p><p><b>T. L. Toma</b> lives with his wife in Portland, Texas.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p/><p><b>Praise for <i>Look at<br>Us</i></b></p><p>"[<i>Look at Us</i>]<br>is frank and unflinching about desire, sexual dysfunction and the<br>gulfs that can separate even the most intimate of partners. . . . A daring<br>effort." --<b><i>New York Times Book<br>Review</i></b></p><p>"Riveting.<br>. . . Toma is excellent at looking intensely<br>below the superficial and the unspoken, and his lucid style and cool tone add<br>power to the story. The twists and<br>turns of this contemporary morality play will have readers engrossed."<br>--<b><i>Publishers<br>Weekly</i></b></p><p>"This<br>literary novel will appeal to folks who like it a little steamy." --<b><i>Booklist</i></b></p><p>"Into<br>the lives of a quiet upper-class professional family in Manhattan comes a new<br>nanny, young Maeve from Ireland: suddenly the air is charged with erotic<br>intensity. The mildness was all illusion: soon our<br>central characters are all wreaking heavy damage upon one another. Toma<br>draws his world with Cheeverian nuance and flair; he's deeply insightful about<br>the new American culture of 'watchers'--but to me his greatest skill is his<br>ability to summon pure terror." --<b>George Dawes Green</b>, author of <i>The Caveman's<br>Valentine</i>, <i>The Juror</i>, and <i>Ravens</i></p><p>"Toma's <i>Look<br>at Us</i> is a scrupulous dissection of a contemporary marriage in mortal<br>peril. It's also a wild ride of a novel, gorgeously written, by turns comic, <br>lyrical, elegiac, disturbing, and profound. I couldn't put it down until the<br>startling conclusion, which arrived with such<br>force I gasped. What a vision! Intense and chilling. Not to be missed." --<b>Valerie Martin</b>, <br>author of <i>Property</i> and <i>I Give It to<br>You</i></p><p>"This book holds truths of all kinds--private, <br>studied, euphoric, libidinal, and unbecoming--each one a revelation." --<b>Jackie<br>Polzin</b>, author of <i>Brood</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>T. L. Toma</b> is the author of two novels: <i>Border Dance</i> and <i>Look at Us</i>. He studied philosophy at Brown University and Northwestern University, where he received his PhD. He has taught in prisons, migrant labor camps, and adult literacy programs and currently teaches at Laredo College, Palo Alto College, and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.</p>
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