Michael Zadoorian Bücher

Ella macht sich nichts vor. Ihre eigenen Tage sind gezählt, und ihr Mann John ist zu senil, um gestern noch von heute und morgen zu unterscheiden. Ob es da eine gute Idee ist, sich mit über achtzig einfach in ein Wohnmobil zu setzen und über die Route 66 nach Disneyland zu türmen? Natürlich nicht. Doch Ella ist die Hüterin der Straßenkarten und die Wächterin der Käse- und Tablettenrationen. Und sie wird sich dieser Reise stellen - auch wenn sie fürchtet, dass auch Liebe sich vergessen lässt. "Ein Buch, das einen über die schwierigsten Zeiten lachen lässt." Los Angeles Times "Ergreifend … Eine authentische und witzige Liebesgeschichte" Publishers Weekly "Ella ist eine bemerkenswerte Figur. "The Leisure Seeker" ist ein Buch wie das Leben selbst: humorvoll, schmerzhaft, ergreifend, tragisch, rätselhaft - und man will es auf keinen Fall missen." Booklist "Eine bittersüße Geschichte über die besten Jahre des Lebens - und ein Trostpflaster für alle, die einen betagten Menschen kennen oder vorhaben, selbst alt zu werden." Kirkus Reviews "Leidenschaftlich und voller Klarheit zeigt Michael Zadoorian ein Paar vom Pech verfolgter Senioren, die sich auf ihre eigene Art von der Welt verabschieden möchten." BookPage

A funny, poignant, thoughtfully rendered novel about love, fear, death, race, music, and the intense passions of youth.

"Joe Keen and Ana Urbanek have been a couple for a long time, with all the requisite lulls and temptations, yet they remain unmarried and without children or a mortgage, as their Midwestern values (and parents) seem to require. Now on the cusp of forty, they are both working at jobs that they're not even sure they believe in anymore, but with significantly varying returns. Ana is successful, Joe is floundering--both in limbo, caught somewhere between mainstream and alternative culture, sincerity and irony, achievement and arrested development. Set against the backdrop of bottomed-out 2009 Detroit, a once-great American city now in transition, part decaying and part striving to be reborn, The Narcissism of Small Differences is the story of an aging creative class, doomed to ask the questions: Is it possible to outgrow irony? Does not having children make you one? Is there even such a thing as selling out anymore? More than a comedy of manners, The Narcissism of Small Differences is a comedy of compromise: the financial compromises we make to feed ourselves; the moral compromises that justify our questionable actions; the everyday compromises we all make just to survive in the world. Yet it's also about the consequences of those compromises and the people we become because of them. By turns wry and ribald, kitschy and gritty, poignant and thoughtful, The Narcissism of Small Differences is the story of Joe and Ana's life together, their relationship, their tribes, their work and passions, and their comic quest for a life that is their own and no one else's"-- Provided by publisher

Ella is a remarkable creation...Her middle-aged children's panicked demands that the couple return home will resonate with any adult who has feared for a parent's well-being. he Leisure Seeker is pretty much like life itself: joyous, painful, moving, tragic, mysterious, and not to be missed. Booklist, starred review

Set against the backdrop of a secondhand store near Detroit, the story follows Richard, whose mundane life is upended by his mother's death. As he explores his parents' basement, he discovers a box of photos and heartfelt notes that reshape his understanding of his past and relationships. The arrival of Theresa, a kindred spirit with a passion for thrift shopping, sparks a deep connection, leading Richard to gain insights about love and loss through their shared appreciation for forgotten treasures.