In 1956, Ava Lark rents a house with her twelve-year-old son, Lewis, in a desirable Boston suburb. Ava is beautiful, divorced, Jewish, and a working mom. She finds her neighbors less than welcoming. Lewis yearns for his absent father, befriending the only other fatherless kids: Jimmy and Rose. One afternoon, Jimmy goes missing. The neighborhood--in the throes of Cold War paranoia--seizes the opportunity to further ostracize Ava and her son. Years later, when Lewis and Rose reunite to untangle the final pieces of the tragic puzzle, they must decide: Should you tell the truth even if it hurts those you love, or should some secrets remain buried?
Leavitt Caroline Bücher
Caroline Leavitt ist eine Bestsellerautorin der New York Times, deren Werke die Komplexität menschlicher Beziehungen mit scharfem Einblick untersuchen. Ihre Prosa zeichnet sich durch die Fähigkeit aus, Nuancen von Emotionen und das Innenleben ihrer Charaktere einzufangen, was den Lesern ein tiefes und nachklingendes Erlebnis bietet. Leavitt erforscht Themen wie Liebe, Verlust und die Suche nach Identität, wobei ihr Schreibstil oft als schonungslos und bewegend beschrieben wird. Sie ist eine gefeierte Erzählerin, deren Romane von der Kritik gelobt und anerkannt wurden.
With or Without You
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
"After almost twenty years together, Stella and Simon are starting to run into problems. An up-and-coming rock musician when they first met, Simon has been clinging to dreams of fame even as the possibility of it has grown dimmer, and now that his band might finally be on the brink again, he wants to go on the road, leaving Stella behind. But when she falls into a coma on the eve of his departure, he has to make a choice between stardom and his wife - and when she wakes a different person, with an incredible artistic talent of her own, the two of them must examine what it is that they really want."--Provided by publisher