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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Hardcover. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge. Codice articolo 9780316425872B
Descrizione libro hardcover. Condizione: new. Large type / Large print. This soul stirring novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Room O Magazine is one of the New York Posts best books of the yearNoah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower living on the Upper West Side but born in the South of France He is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child bringing with him a handful of puzzling photos hes discovered from his mothers wartime years But he receives a call from social services Noah is the closest available relative of an elevenyearold greatnephew hes never met who urgently needs someone to look after him Out of a feeling of obligation Noah agrees to take Michael along on his tripMuch has changed in this famously charming seaside mecca still haunted by memories of the Nazi occupation The unlikely duo suffering from jet lag and culture shock bicker about everything from steak frites to screen time But Noah gradually comes to appreciate the boys truculent wit and Michaels ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their familys past Both come to grasp the risks people in all eras have run for their loved ones and find they are more akin than they knewWritten with all the tenderness and psychological intensity that made Room an international bestseller Akin is a funny heartwrenching tale of an old man and a boy born two generations apart who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one togetherWhat begins as a larky story of unlikely male bonding turns into an offcenter but far richer novel about the unheralded imperfect heroism of two women New York Times. Codice articolo DADAX0316425877