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Emily Maxwell Séries

Cette série retrace la vie et les aventures de la jeune Emily Maxwell et de sa famille élargie. Plongez dans des histoires pleines d'humour, de défis quotidiens et des moments précieux qui définissent les liens familiaux. Chaque tome offre un aperçu d'un monde où l'amour et la compréhension surmontent les obstacles. C'est la lecture idéale pour ceux qui apprécient les récits chaleureux et réalistes.

Emily, allein
Henry, Himself
Wish You Were Here

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  1. 1

    Wish You Were Here

    3,3(2697)Évaluer

    A year after the death of her husband, Emily Maxwell gathers her family at Lake Chautauqua for what will be a last holiday at their summer cottage. Joining her is her sister-in-law Arlene, silently mourning both the loss of the lake house and a bygone love affair. Emily's firebrand daughter Meg, a recovering alcoholic recently separated from her husband, brings her children from Detroit. Emily's son Ken, who has quit his job and mortgaged his future to pursue his art, comes accompanied by his children and his wife, who is secretly heartened to be visiting the house for the last time. Memories of past summers resurface, old rivalries flare up and love is rekindled and born anew, resulting in a timeless novel that 'succeeds beautifully [and] showcases some of the finest character studies a contemporary reader could ask for' (Boston Globe).

    Wish You Were Here
  2. 2

    Emily, allein

    3,7(25)Évaluer

    Ein Neuanfang am Lebensabend.Die Witwe Emily Maxwell führt in ihrem schönen, überschaubaren Routine-Universum ein ziemlich unspektakuläres Leben, allein mit ihrem Hund. Ab und zu trifft sie sich mit ihrer Schwägerin zum Essen, aber das ist es dann auch schon. Als diese bei einem gemeinsamen Frühstück zusammenbricht und ins Krankenhaus muss, ist Emily mit einem Mal ganz auf sich allein gestellt. Doch statt zu verzagen, kauft sie sich ein kleines Auto. Und sie lernt, die bislang noch nie erfahrene Unabhängigkeit in vollen Zügen zu genießen.

    Emily, allein

  • Henry, Himself

    • 384pages
    • 14 heures de lecture
    4,1(15)Évaluer

    A member of the greatest generation looks back on the loves and losses of his past and comes to treasure the present anew in this poignant and thoughtful new novel from a modern master Stewart O'Nan is renowned for illuminating the unexpected grace of everyday life and the resilience of ordinary people with humor, intelligence, and compassion. In Henry, Himself, he offers an unsentimental, moving life story of a twentieth-century everyman. Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honor. A native Pittsburgher and engineer, he's always believed in logic, sacrifice, and hard work. Now, seventy-five and retired, he feels the world has passed him by. It's 1998, the American century is ending, and nothing is simple anymore. His children are distant, their unhappiness a mystery. Only his wife Emily and dog Rufus stand by him. Once so confident, as Henry's strength and memory desert him, he weighs his dreams against his regrets and is left with questions he can't answer: Is he a good man? Has he done right by the people he loves? And with time running out, what, realistically, can he hope for? Like Emily, Alone, which The New York Times called "O'Nan's best novel yet," Henry, Himself is a wry, warmhearted portrait of an American original who believes he's reached a dead end only to discover life is full of surprises.

    Henry, Himself
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