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Sto caricando le informazioni... Home Safe (1995)di Elizabeth Berg
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Widow has trouble finding herself again and relies on her grown daughter. About taking charge of yourself and finding your independence. Patrons at the library recommend books all the time, but I rarely respond to their suggestions. However, in the case of the Home Safe, I had this weird feeling that the patron who recommended it to me was like an older version of me, so of course I had to read what future-me was reading. And Home Safe is totally what future-me wants to read. A warm, cozy, intelligent, emotional story about a 59-year-old woman who is adjusting to life after the death of her husband. Like a more optimistic Anne Tyler. Rounding from 2.5. Author narrated the audiobook. I often like to hear an author read her own work, but this one didn't work for me. "Mom. Mom. Mom!" was repeated seemingly endlessly. This book just wasn't much. Not much plot. Characters who weren't super interesting. A whole lot of "should I or shouldn't I" with a resolution that I wound up not really even caring that much about anyway. Found at a library sale, HOME SAFE (2009) was definitely a bargain and a delightful read, if a bit predictable after a certain point. But that's okay. Elizabeth Berg books are a secret vice. Comfort reading for this old man. This time she's writing about a recently widowed successful Chicago writer with writer's block, who is generally worried about her adult daughter, her aging parents and a more immediate problem of what did her late husband do with most of their million dollar retirement fund. In fact this woman appears to be so wealthy, it was a bit hard to relate. But no matter. She fills her time by teaching a writing class full of interesting types at her local library, the mystery is solved and a possible new love enters her life. As in most of Elizabeth Berg's books, everything works out well in the end, like a Hallmark movie, but with an infinitely better script and more interesting characters. This used book was an in-between read, and was, in that role, nearly perfect. Bless you, Elizabeth. - Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Recently widowed Helen Ames and her twenty-seven-year-old daughter Tessa discover that money has disappeared in several big withdrawals from the Ames' retirement savings. What Helen's husband did with all their money turns out to be provocative, revelatory--and leads Helen and her daughter to embark on new adventures, and change. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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