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"A piercing, empathetic story about parenthood and unfathomable heartbreak and manages to bring humor and hope to her characters. an astute and sensitive examination of relationships, loss and grief." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Hemmings deftly deploys her idyllic setting, leavens tragedy with humor, avoids sentimentality, and offers characters whom readers will find very appealing." (Booklist ***)
"With a deft and dry humor, Hemmings tackles the unique and unexpectedly humorous ways in which one is expected to mourn. But, on closer inspection, the novel is a treatise on parenthood: Sarah struggles less with Cully's death, and more with the fear that she never really knew him at all." (PW (starred) and Pick of the Week)
"A graceful, subtle primer on freedom - the means by which we free (and forgive) ourselves, our parents, and our children, as well as the almost unbearable getting-of-wisdom by which we free our beloved dead. The Possibilities is familiar to us, in all its wit and intelligence, because we know the characters. We are the characters." (Susanna Moore, author of The Life of Objects)
"In smooth, nuanced prose, Kaui Hart Hemmings deftly captures the emotional hurdles that pin our day-to-day lives to the map of the universe. The Possibilities is a heartrending story of grief, resilience, and ultimately joy in all the tumult that loving other people inevitably demands. A soulful gem of a novel that reminds us to treasure every fleeting, crystalline moment of family love and our imperfect lives." (Carol Cassella, author of Gemini)
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"Hemmings deftly deploys her idyllic setting, leavens tragedy with humor, avoids sentimentality, and offers characters whom readers will find very appealing." (Booklist ***)
"With a deft and dry humor, Hemmings tackles the unique and unexpectedly humorous ways in which one is expected to mourn. But, on closer inspection, the novel is a treatise on parenthood: Sarah struggles less with Cully's death, and more with the fear that she never really knew him at all." (PW (starred) and Pick of the Week)
"A graceful, subtle primer on freedom - the means by which we free (and forgive) ourselves, our parents, and our children, as well as the almost unbearable getting-of-wisdom by which we free our beloved dead. The Possibilities is familiar to us, in all its wit and intelligence, because we know the characters. We are the characters." (Susanna Moore, author of The Life of Objects)
"In smooth, nuanced prose, Kaui Hart Hemmings deftly captures the emotional hurdles that pin our day-to-day lives to the map of the universe. The Possibilities is a heartrending story of grief, resilience, and ultimately joy in all the tumult that loving other people inevitably demands. A soulful gem of a novel that reminds us to treasure every fleeting, crystalline moment of family love and our imperfect lives." (Carol Cassella, author of Gemini)
In the idyllic ski resort of Breckenridge, there's trouble in paradise for Sarah St. John. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche, and she is trying to pick up the pieces of her life. Sarah is single, but, much as she'd like to be, not being left alone in her grief.
Her father, a retiree who has become addicted to QVC, is ever-present, having moved into her basement. Her best friend, a divorcee who always manages to say the wrong thing, has become something of a macabre life-coach. And then there's Cully's father, whose sudden reemergence in Sarah's life stirs a cauldron of emotions. Just as Sarah is ready to face the world, a girl called Kit appears on her doorstep. And she's got a secret that will change all their lives forever.
Told in Kaui Hart Hemmings' unsentimental and refreshingly wry style, this is a novel about what we will risk to keep our loved ones close - a novel full of hope, humour and love.
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- ÉditeurJonathan Cape
- Date d'édition2015
- ISBN 10 022410179X
- ISBN 13 9780224101790
- ReliureRelié
- Nombre de pages288
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