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Ladataan... Blessings (2002)Tekijä: Anna Quindlen
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Story of a mother who runs a children?s gift basket shop. Aardig boek over de jongeman Skip Cuddy, die onverwacht voor een pasgeboren baby moet zorgen. Skip is door de bejaarde Lydia Blessing aangenomen om voor haar uitgebreide landgoed te zorgen, ondanks dat hij juist bijna een jaar achter de tralies heeft gezeten. Hij woont boven de garage in een klein appartement en vindt op een ochtend een baby in een doos. Hij weet het meisje in leven te houden en doet er alles aan om haar bestaan geheim te houden. Als Lydia midden in een onweersbui wakker wordt van blikseminslag waarbij er een kleine brand ontstaat, zoekt zij in het donker naar Skip om haar te helpen en komt achter het bestaan van de baby. Dat maakt haar leven gelijk een stuk avontuurlijker. Samen proberen ze het meisje verborgen te houden voor de buitenwereld. Lydia gaat nadenken over haar eigen dochter en over de dingen die zij fout heeft gedaan in haar verleden. Maar zoals meestal, kom er een tijd dat alles uitkomt. Geen topper maar aangenaam lezen. There is immense sadness and loss in this quiet story. But, the tragedies woven throughout Anna Quindlen's novel Blessings occur in a world where love and forgiveness can still be found. Skip Cuddy is the new caretaker for the Blessings estate. Once home to a wealthy family, it is now inhabited by the sole remaining child, an elderly daughter who is cared for by a maid who comes each day and Skip, who mostly tends the property. Skip, on parole after being released from jail, seems happy with his simple life, until he finds a baby on his door step. He makes a decision that changes everyone's lives. The story is told in a matter of fact way that mirrors the quiet of the world of Blessings. The novel moves from the present to the past as Lydia Blessing remembers her own life, first as a debutante in New York City and then as the disgraced daughter relegated to the country where she finds she is content to stay. This isn't a dramatic book: life happens, and we witness it, with characters who, for the most part, are trying to do the right things in a changing world. But it is a lovely written tale and worth the time. A young, desperate couple leaves an infant at Blessings, where the new caretaker Skip Cuddy finds the babe and decides to raise her. As he's on parole and the old lady Lydia Blessing is old and set in her ways, it may not seem like the best of situations. Can they manage to be a sort of family? A heartwarming tale that reads very fast and was sometimes deceptively simple, while delving into themes of family and secrecy. Unfortunately I had one of the big reveals spoiled for me while researching for my book club before being quite finished with the book, so what should've been an "Aha!" moment was only a small nod of recognition. Though to be fair, there was plenty of foreshadowing. The ending seemed a little abrupt, ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML:Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard home on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives of those who live and work there are changed forever. Skip Cuddy, the caretaker, finds a baby girl asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep the child . . . while Lydia Blessing, the matriarch of the estate, for her own reasons, agrees to help him. Blessings explores how the secrets of the past affect decisions and lives in the present; what makes a person or a life legitimate or illegitimate and who decides; and the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community. This is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and personal change by the Pulitzer Prizewinning writer about whom The Washington Post Book World said, Quindlen knows that all the things we ever will be can be found in some forgotten fragment of family.. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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