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Ladataan... The After Wife: A Novel (vuoden 2012 painos)Tekijä: Gigi Levangie Grazer
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Predictable but entertaining. ( ) Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. Hannah's husband John, who is amazing at being a cook, a writer, a father, and a lover, tragically is killed in a bicycle/vehicle accident one morning and Hannah suddenly becomes a widow in her 30's...in L.A. The story travels with her along her journey from complete and total depressive shutdown to learning how to live and love again. Were it not for her daughter Ellie and her posse of positivity-pushing friends (Jay, Aimee and Chloe), she never would have gotten past his death. Oh, and, ironically, she can now see and communicate with the deceased who are, shall we say, "stuck" in the here-after because they just can't completely let go of their human lives without getting that one last message across. And luckily (or unluckily?) for Hannah, she's just the woman for the job, although it ends up costing her her real job, and her house. The book delivers moments of pure sorrow and hurt felt by Hannah about John's quick and untimely death, but also delivers ridiculous moments of hilarity (like when she and the three-friend posse decide to visit a colon-cleansing spa for New Year's), and you begin to feel her pain and eventual growth along with her, feeling her joy and happiness as she comes to grips with losing her lover, her best friend, her husband. Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. I hardly ever would choose a book marketed as funny and even more so would I not choose a book that was a ghost story-but The After Wife-received as an Early Review copy-had both..and I loved it. The setting is Southern California; some of the characters fit stereotypes ie the Ambitious Actress, the Earth Mother who only eats organic, the Fun Gay Friend-but they were all real people and very funny. The story centers around Hannah, whose husband was just killed in hit-and-run car accident. She is suddenly left a single mother with no income and no direction-but somehow she has been given the gift of seeing and hearing dead people who converse with her and pass on messages to people left behind.The story about her healing and her friends-alive and not-was entertaining and even a little inspiring. It all sounds pretty ludicrous but I liked it and would recommend it! Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten. Amber Sadler While this book as good it was not my favorite by this author. The premise was interesting enough, and the narrator entertaining, but I can't say that I liked the main character. She seemed very whinny to me, but under the circumstances, I understand it. But any book that gives me multiple laugh out loud moments deserves four stars to me. Like I said it wasn't may favorite, but I would definitely recommend it as a light, fun read. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML:Gigi Levangie Grazer, the New York Times bestselling author of The Starter Wife, returns with a hilarious and spirited tale of love??both lost and found. L.A. is no place for widows. This is what forty-four-year-old Hannah Bernal quickly discovers after the tragic death of her handsome and loving husband, John. Misery and red-rimmed eyes are little tolerated in the land of the beautiful. But life stumbles on: Hannah??s sweet three-year-old daughter, Ellie, needs to be dropped off at her overpriced preschool, while Hannah herself must get back to work in order to pay the bills on ??Casa Sugar,? the charming Spanish-styled bungalow they call home. Fortunately, Hannah has her ??Grief Team? for emotional support: earth mother and fanatical animal lover Chloe, who finds a potential blog post in every moment; aspiring actress Aimee, who has her cosmetic surgeon on speed dial; and Jay, Hannah??s TV producing partner, who has a penchant for Mr. Wrong. But after a series of mishaps and bizarre occurrences, one of which finds Hannah in a posh Santa Monica jail cell, her friends start to fear for her sanity. To make matters worse, John left their financial affairs in a disastrous state. And when Hannah is dramatically fired from her latest producing gig, she finds herself in danger of losing her house, her daughter, and her mind. One night, standing in her backyard under a majestic avocado tree, in the throes of grief, Hannah breaks down and asks, ??Why?? The answer that comes back??Why not???begins an astounding journey of discovery and transformation that leads Hannah to her own truly extraordinary life after death. Praise for The After Wife ??Fans of Lolly Winston, Mary Kay Andrews, and Jennifer Weiner will especially enjoy Grazer??s newest.???Booklist ??Hilariously funny and profoundly wise, The After Wife is for anyone who??s ever been married or widowed, in debt or in love. I could not put it down: a fabulous read!???Nancy Thayer, author of Island Girls ??A charming tale of a grieving forty-ish widow??and the wacky friends who love her.???Los Angeles Times ??A book that is part Jacqueline Susann, part Real Housewives . . . Gigi Levangie Grazer [is a] Jimmy Choo??ed-out satirist.???National Post ??Fans of The Starter Wife will be equally charmed with The After Wife.???Library Journal ??Gr Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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