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Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object: A Witty Literary Novel of a Young Widow Overcoming Grief and Finding Love - Couverture souple

Colwin, Laurie

 
9780060958961: Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object: A Witty Literary Novel of a Young Widow Overcoming Grief and Finding Love
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ISBN 10 : 0060958960 ISBN 13 : 9780060958961
Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2001

Synopsis

"Seriously good. . . . Deep and rich." — Los Angeles Times

From the critically acclaimed author of Happy All the Time and Home Cooking, a insightful and witty tale of a woman struggling to overcome her grief and find her future

When Sam Bax, a charming daredevil of a Boston lawyer, sails his boat into a storm off the coast of Maine, Elizabeth "Olly" Bax, his wife, is widowed at twenty-seven. With no pretense of courage, and a vague dislike for what she feels is the cheap availability of her emotions, Olly grieves the husband she probably would have divorced, while coping with the warmth and awkwardness of family trying (and failing) to distract her from their own grief. As she learns to rethink her life and her love, she becomes close to Sam's brother, Patrick—and begins to realize Sam's recklessness and passion may not be as foreign to her as she thought.  

Laurie Colwin depicts Olly—the “More Life Widow of the More Life Kid”—with humor, compassion, and a decided lack of sentimentality, creating a real heroine who tries to remain true to her heart while keeping her head.

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À propos de l'auteur

Laurie Colwin is the author of five novels: Happy All the Time; Family Happiness; Goodbye Without Leaving; Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object; and A Big Storm Knocked It Over; three collections of short stories: Passion and Affect, Another Marvelous Thing, and The Lone Pilgrim; and two collections of essays: Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. She died in 1992.

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Éditeur
Harper Perennial
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0060958960
ISBN 13 
9780060958961
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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