The Grief of Others - Brossura

Cohen, Leah

Brossura

ISBN 10: 184668627X ISBN 13: 9781846686276

Casa editrice: Profile Books, 2013

Riassunto

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. 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.

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Recensione

'Leah Hager Cohen writes like a dream and effortlessly inhabits each of her characters. Lovers of family relationship literary fiction, such as Anne Tyler fans, need look no further' (Daily Mail) 'Cohen's writing is wise and incredibly moving' (The Times) Part of the novel's pathos lies in its ability to offer its characters a level of perceptive acuity and sympathetic attention they cannot offer one another ... The book's brilliance lies in moments like this one, these shards of devastating insight. (San Francisco Chronicle)

Descrizione del libro

Is keeping a secret from a spouse an act of infidelity? And what cost does such a secret exact on a family?

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• Editore: Profile Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 184668627X
• ISBN 13: 9781846686276
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 384