TY - BOOK AU - Pitoniak,Anna TI - The futures: a novel SN - 9780316354172 (hardcover) AV - PS 3616 .I877F88 2017 U1 - 813/.6 23 KW - Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) KW - fast KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Fiction KW - Financial crises KW - Hedge funds KW - College graduates KW - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 KW - FICTION / Coming of Age KW - bisacsh KW - FICTION / Literary KW - New York (N.Y.) KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Bildungsromans KW - Novels KW - Suspense fiction KW - lcgft KW - Thrillers (Fiction) N2 - Falling in love as Yale students and moving to New York City in 2008, hedge fund employee Evan is embroiled in a deal that risks everything he has worked for, while nonprofit employee Julia reconnects with someone from her past who represents a different kind of life; For Evan, a scholarship student from a rural Canadian town, Yale is a whole new world, and Julia-- blond, beautiful, and rich-- fits perfectly into the future he's envisioned. Evan lands a job at a hedge fund in New York City-- on the eve of the great financial meltdown of 2008. As the market crashes Evan becomes involved in a high-stakes deal that seems more than slightly suspicious. Meanwhile, Julia reconnects with someone from her past who offers a glimpse of a different kind of life ER -