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Name of Book: The Last Good Paradise Author: Tatjana Soli ISBN: 978-1-250-04396-2 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Type of book: Deserted Island, technology, fidelity, art, couples, food, cooking, discovering self, hiding self, literary references, complexity, letting go, modern days, the good old days Year it was published: 2015 Summary: From the bestselling author of The Lotus Eaters and The Forgetting Tree comes a novel set on an island resort, where guests attempting to flee their troubles realize they can’t escape who they are. On a small, unnamed coral atoll in the South Pacific, a group of troubled dreamers must face the possibility that the hopes they’ve labored after so single-mindedly might not lead them to the happiness they feel they were promised. Ann and Richard, an aspiring, Los Angeles power couple, are already sensing the cracks in their version of the American dream when their life unexpectedly implodes, leading them to brashly run away from ho...