You'll Love it Here - Couverture souple

Leader, Alice

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0692282645 ISBN 13 : 9780692282649

Editeur : Alice Leader, 2015

Synopsis

Have you ever selected a book club book, and the discussion it generated went completely flat? You were left with just answering the "did you like the book?" question, and there was not much more to say? Whether for your personal reading or for your book club, you will not be disappointed if you choose Alice Leader's newest novel! Positioned as the best book club discussion book of the year, You'll Love it Here, sparks a robust conversation on a myriad of intellectual and emotional topics: racism, religious bias, the sandwich generation, dementia, bullying, self-esteem, mother-daughter relationships, aging, etc. Add in the strong character development, humor and plot twists, and you will be eager to talk about this book! The legendary and impossible diva, Ellena Aldeburgh, is being moved by her anxious daughter into Holden Manor where the elite of Cleveland, Ohio prefer to end their days. Surrounded by luxury and friends known since nursery school, Holden feels like a kind of boarding school, with aged versions of all familiar types – the bully, the sycophant, the ditz, the side-kick. It is a place where everyone knows everyone’s story, including the inevitable end. Ellena’s affair with the elegant Franklin Brown, Holden’s only African-American resident, sets off unintended consequences that surprise the residents and upend their certainties. Ellena, troubled by reveries from her past, dives beneath a lifetime of dark, deeply held emotions --- and finds something wonderful. “Alice Leader's elegant style is extremely seductive, and in You’ll Love it Here she shows extraordinary understanding of a varied cast of characters. Her setting, a retirement home for wealthy residents in Cleveland, Ohio, is brilliantly observed and gives rise to some delicious comedy. In delicate contrast there is the touching story of Ellena, a recent arrival at the home, who is supported by an unexpected new friendship as she retreats into her past, gently descending into dementia. This is a superb novel, funny, original, moving and at times disturbing. I couldn’t recommend it more highly." Selina Hastings ...London, England Author of biographies on Somerset Maugham, Nancy Mitford, Rosamund Lehmann, Evelyn Waugh and the 16th Earl of Huntington

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alice Leader
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0692282645
• ISBN 13: 9780692282649
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 314
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