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Title: These Days Are Ours

Author: Michelle Haimoff

Narrator: Katharine Mangold

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-04-14

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Only six months have passed since 9/11 and New York is still reeling. For Hailey, living back with her parents after graduation, life feels like a struggle - to find a job and to come to terms with her new post-9/11 home. But when she meets Adrian, a recent Brown graduate, she finds her worldview turned upside down and begins to realise that there is more to life and love than she ever believed.

Critic Reviews:

"Engrossing resonates with authenticity and gravitas" (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

it was bad. Were I in my teens

Predictably, it was bad. Were I in my teens, I would think differently. But as a NYC resident, it's just so painfully one-dimensional and shallow, and to that point I think there should probably be some sort of label warning that unless you're of a certain socioeconomic class, you won't be able to relate to this story. There was a real missed opportunity to be thoughtful and universal, like Nadja Spiegelmanâwho came from privilege but still writes in an honest and connecting wayâbut as soon as I read "I think we have the same decorator" I closed the book and concluded that, "No, I'm not going to get anything out of this." Sadly, not even amusement.

readable but no "wow" moments

This very readable book reminded me a Woody Allen movieâlots of intense, witty dialogue among a young Jewish group of NYC friends. There were beads of wisdom in the conversations; comments that made me put the book down a second and think. Haimoff makes writing seem effortless; in just a few sentences sheâs able to convey the pulse of New York City. The fact that the novel takes place six months after 9/11 adds a more serious tone, though this isnât, in fact, a 9/11 book. The time frame is just a backdrop.

My problem with the book is that Iâm a middle-class, non-Jewish suburbanite in my sixties, so I couldnât relate to the wealthy NYC Jewish 20-somethings. Yes, the book contained some ageless wisdom and humor, but in fact the book was written for the young. I knew some of the music references only because I have kids in their twenties. And true to the age, itâs a bit angst-y. The book opens with the main character fantasizing about marrying her current crush (whoâs a total jerk), and I found it pretty silly and boring. Still, her brightness and intelligence did lure me in, and I ended up liking the main character and the book. In fact, I realized there is a connection between a new college grad in search of a job and a recently retired person in search of meaningful activity. Some things transcend ageâfinding meaning in life spans all ages.

This isnât a âwowâ book. Nothing important happens. It annoyed me that there were no chapters, plus the ending is too abrupt. But, that said, I enjoyed reading it.

This is so not a 9/11 book

Don't let anyone you know pigeonhole this book to you. It is not the kind of book focused on and sermonizing about the angst post-9/11.

It's about people who you'd assume are way too rich to relate to (heck, they live in Manhattan. They've gotta be rich). And yet somehow you do relate to them. And you find yourself liking them. Rooting for them. Wanted to know more about them. And seeing a little bit of yourself in them.

And that's not so bad.

Read this book before they massacre it into a movie.