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Ladataan... The Company We Keep: A Novel (vuoden 2020 painos)Tekijä: Frances Itani (Tekijä)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Grief is a powerful emotion. It can almost immobilize a person and it can pop up in the most unexpected times. Obviously different people handle grief differently but it's probably fair to say that it will disrupt our way of life for a substantial period of time. In this novel Frances Itani takes a disparate group of people who have all lost a significant person from their lives. The first person we meet is Hazzley. Her husband died three years ago and she still hasn't moved on with her life. She puts up a notice in the local grocery store inviting others to come to a meeting at a coffee shop to discuss grief. Gwen is also a widow but more recently than Hazzley. Chiyo is a middle-aged fitness instructor who lived with her mother who recently died. Addie has a close friend with terminal cancer who is still alive although she doesn't tell the group that her friend is still alive. Tom is the only male. He runs an antique shop and he came to the meeting hoping that there would be cake because he is missing that since his wife died. After the first meeting the group agrees to keep getting together every week. They all find that they are getting something out of the meetings (even if there is no cake). In fact, Tom talks one of his customers, Allam, a Syrian refugee whose wife died during the war in Syria, into coming to the group. In subtle ways each person is taking steps to proceed with the remainder of their life. Gwen buys new bedroom furniture. Hazzley finally gets rid of the boxes and boxes of empty bottles left by her husband who was an alcoholic. Allam is drawn to Gwen and they start to spend more time together. After her friend dies Addie accepts an invitation to join her ex-husband at a conference to see if there is any future for their marriage. Chiyo joins a soup kitchen as a volunteer and spends more time with her boyfriend. And The Company, as they have styled themselves, agree that they will continue to meet monthly. I am a major Fan (with a capital F) of Frances Itani. I have read all her novels (this is the sixth) and two books of short stories. I sure hope she has more books in her although she just turned 80 and her husband of more than half a century died last year so she might be forgiven if she takes retirement. I find it interesting that she wrote this book, which is about grief, before her husband died. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
On Tuesday nights in the backroom of Cassie's café, six strangers seek solace and find themselves part of a "Company of Good Cheer" Hazzley is at loose ends, even three years after the death of her husband. When her longtime friend Cassandra, café owner and occasional dance-class partner, suggests that she start up a conversation group, Hazzley posts a notice on the community board at the local grocery store. Four people turn up for the first meeting: Gwen, a recently widowed retiree in her early sixties, who finds herself pet-sitting a cantankerous parrot; Chiyo, a forty-year-old fitness instructor who cared for her unyielding but gossip-loving mother through the final days of her life; Addie, a woman pre-emptively grieving a close friend who is seriously ill; and Tom, an antiques dealer and amateur poet who, deprived of home baking since becoming a widower, comes to the first meeting hoping cake will be served. Before long, they are joined by Allam, a Syrian refugee with his own story to tell. These six strangers are learning that beginnings can be possible at any stage of life. But as they tell their stories, they must navigate what is shared and what is withheld. Which version of the truth will be revealed? Who is prepared to step up when help is needed? This moving, funny and deeply empathic new novel from acclaimed author Frances Itani reminds us that life, with all its twists and turns, never loses its capacity to surprise. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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The ending of the book was, I think, a bit "Hallmark-ish". But overall, I found it was gentle, supportive and always provided a bit of hope. And good for Hazzley for having a "fling" at 70 years old! ( )