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Ladataan... Home StretchTekijä: Graham Norton
   Books Read in 2021 (386) Top Five Books of 2021 (325) Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta.  siriaeve | Jul 23, 2023 |   Connor is blamed for the crash, but was he driving the car? Over the decades we follow Connor's life as he totally seperates himself from his former life in Ireland. Norton's writing is superb, and listening to him read the novel is wonderful. (  ) Steven1958 | Sep 17, 2022 | ) thewestwing | Aug 12, 2022 | ) huntersun9 | Jun 15, 2022 | Over twenty five years later his nephew, the son of his sister and the doctor's son, accidentally finds him in New York, and Connor realises that he owes it to his parents to go home, and to reveal the truth of the accident. He has carried the burden for too long. This novel is about far more than the accident and it's legacy. It is about a young man who needs to come to terms with his own sexuality, and the needs of the community to accept it too. An intriguing book, which raises many issues in an empathetic fashion. Well worth the read. (  ) smik | Nov 28, 2021 | ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML: In this "compelling, bighearted, emotionally precise page-turner" (Sunday Times), the New York Times bestselling writer and acclaimed television host explores the aftermath of a tragedy on a small-town to illuminate the shame and longing that can flow through generationsâ??and how the secrets of the heart cannot stay be buried forever. The lives of the families are shattered and the rifts between them ripple throughout the small town. Connor survived, but living among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as carrying the shame of having been the driver. He leaves the only place he knows for another life, taking his secrets with him. Travelling first to Liverpool, then London, he eventually makes a homeâ??of sortsâ??for himself in New York, where he finds shelter and the possibility of forging a new life. But the secretsâ??the unspoken longings and regrets that have come to haunt those left behindâ??will not be silenced. Before long, Connor will have to confront his past. A powerful and timely novel of emigration and return, Home Stretch demonstrates Norton's keen understanding of the power of stigma and secrecyâ??and their devastating effect on or Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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 Google Books — Ladataan...LajityypitMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-Kongressin kirjaston luokitusArvio (tähdet)Keskiarvo: (3.87)
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Despite these issues, this was a quick and engrossing read. Norton's prose is smoothly readable, and he has an ear for authentic-sounding dialogue and an eye for a telling detail of person or place. There is heart to the book, especially when it comes to reflections on what it's like to be queer in the Ireland of the late 2010s vs the 1980s. If you're looking for a somewhat grounded yet undemanding work of contemporary Irish fiction, I'd recommend this.
Consider this 3.5 stars because of Norton's ability to make me fly through a book in just over three hours even when sleep-deprived in a waiting room. (