The Grief of Others
(Sprache: Englisch)
Breakthrough book for a wonderful American writer which is a moving, psychologically acute and gorgeously written tale. This asks how we balance personal autonomy with the intimacy of relationships, how we balance private decisions with the obligations of...
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Breakthrough book for a wonderful American writer which is a moving, psychologically acute and gorgeously written tale. This asks how we balance personal autonomy with the intimacy of relationships, how we balance private decisions with the obligations of belonging to a family, and how we take measure of our own sorrows in a world rife with suffering. 'Cohen is one of our foremost chroniclers of the mundane chroniclers of the mundane complexities, nuanced tragedies and unexpected tendernesses of human connection. "New York Times Book Review"
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The Ryries have suffered a loss: the death of a baby just fifty-seven hours after his birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents, John and Ricky, try to return to their previous lives. Struggling to regain a semblance of normalcy for themselves and for their two older children, they find themselves pretending not only that little has changed, but that their marriage, their family, have always been intact. Yet in the aftermath of the baby's death, long-suppressed uncertainties about their relationship come roiling to the surface. A dreadful secret emerges with reverberations that reach far into their past and threaten their future. The couple's children, ten-year-old Biscuit and thirteen-year-old Paul, responding to the unnamed tensions around them, begin to act out in exquisitely - perhaps courageously - idiosyncratic ways. But as the four family members scatter into private, isolating grief, an unexpected visitor arrives, and they all find themselves growing more alert to the sadness and burdens of others - to the grief that is part of every human life but that also carries within it the power to draw us together.Moving, psychologically acute and gorgeously written, The Grief of Others asks how we balance personal autonomy with the intimacy of relationships, how we balance private decisions with the obligations of belonging to a family, and how we take measure of our own sorrows in a world rife with suffering. This novel shows how one family, by finally allowing itself to experience the shared quality of grief, is able to rekindle tenderness and hope.
Autoren-Porträt von Leah Hager Cohen
Leah Hager Cohen is the author of four non-fiction books, including Train Go Sorry and Glass, Paper, Beans, and three novels, most recently House Lights. The New York Times has named four of her books 'Notable Books of the Year'. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Leah Hager Cohen
- 2012, 371 Seiten, Maße: 15,4 x 3,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Profile Books
- ISBN-10: 1846686261
- ISBN-13: 9781846686269
Sprache:
Englisch
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"'An engrossing and revealing look at a family sinking beneath the weight of a terrible secret. Cohen writes about difficult subjects with unfailing compassion and insight.' (Tom Perrotta, author of 'Little Children') 'With gorgeous prose, Cohen skillfully takes us from past to present and back again as she explores the ramifications of family loss, grief and longing.' (Kirkus) 'Cohen is one of our foremost chroniclers of the mundane complexities, nuanced tragedies and unexpected tendernesses of human connection.' (New York Times Book Review)"
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