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Rabb, Margo

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ISBN 10: 0062322389 ISBN 13: 9780062322388

Casa editrice: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2016

Riassunto

Seeking comfort in romance novels and poetry after the death of her father, 16-year-old Eva forges a bond with Will and begins coming out of her shell until Will's sudden move to California forces her to confront painful realities. Simultaneous eBook. 75,000 first printing.

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“Wonderful . . . Margo Rabb has created nothing less than a women’s map of American mythologies, navigating from Emily Dickinson to Barbara Cartland, from the cowboys of the rodeos to the makeup studios of Hollywood, and from the bottom of the Atlantic to the spacious skies of the USA.” (E. Lockhart, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars)

“A wonderful novel about friendship, love, travel, life, hope, poetry, intelligence and the inner lives of girls. Margo Rabb writes with compassion and clarity about lives that are worth telling, journeys that need to be taken, peace that needs to be reached. I loved it.” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray Love)

“That Margo Rabb can write a story so gorgeous, funny, and joyous that is also unsentimental and honest is a testament to her skill and to her heart. I loved everything about Eva and the supporting cast in this beautiful novel.” (Sara Zarr, author of The Lucy Variations)

“It is a marvel and I love every word of it: the carefully structured plot, the memorable characters, the wholly apposite style and tone. It is funny, sad, wistful, wise, and altogether memorable.” (Michael Cart)

“Rabb’s funny and big-hearted second novel is bursting with resonant themes of love, death, family, art and identity, fully embodied in a diverse cast of wonderfully fallible and entertaining characters.” (New York Times Book Review)

“This feminist rom-com reminds us it’s never about the boy but the joyride.” (O Magazine)

“Rabb eloquently gets grief right in this compassionate, perceptive, and poignant story, deftly leavened with irreverent humor, of a girl in conflict with her mother. Wise, inspiring, and ultimately uplifting―not to be missed.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

“A smart teen’s novel. [The] characters are authentic and complex. Rabb knows the perfect point to interject humor to diffuse a potentially devastating situation―a leavening of sorts to the reality that death and love inexplicitly alter the landscape of a person’s life.” (Booklist (starred review))

“In this indelible coming-of-age story, Rabb seamlessly weaves together multiple narratives. Sprinkled with the poetry Eva reads and writes, this story makes for a hilarious, thought-provoking, wrenching, and joyful quest.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“[A] well-balanced read that exposes readers to weighty ideas and difficult feelings while keeping them entertained and emotionally invested.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review))

L'autore:

Margo Rabb is an acclaimed novelist whose debut, Cures for Heartbreak, was hailed by critics and young readers alike. Her essays and short stories have appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Rumpus, Zoetrope: All-Story, Seventeen, Best New American Voices, New Stories from the South, and One Story, and have been broadcast on NPR. She received the grand prize in the Zoetrope short story contest, first prize in the Atlantic fiction contest, and a PEN Syndicated Fiction Project Award. Margo grew up in Queens, New York, and has lived in Texas, Arizona, and the Midwest; she now lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.

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• Editore: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0062322389
• ISBN 13: 9780062322388
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 391