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A carregar... Like Family (2014)por Paolo Giordano
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) Katzenkindliest | Apr 23, 2024 |   ) gerrit-anne | Jan 3, 2024 | Mrs. A., or Babette, as our narrator fondly calls her after the character in a movie, has been a force in the lives of the young man, a physicist, and his wife, Nora, ever since she was hired when Nora was pregnant and on bed rest. The narrator explores the relationship they had with the housekeeper through her work, her cancer treatments, and ultimately her death, as well as more ignoring than acknowledging the strain in his marriage (the original Italian title, "Black and Silver" reflects this more than the English title, more suggestive of the housekeeper's role "Like" (but unlike) family. Based in part on the author's real experiences, though names and some situations have changed, this exploration of grief will ring true for many who have lost someone who touched their lives. (  ) bell7 | Apr 15, 2021 | They have a nanny. She gets cancer. She dies. Not necessarily in that order. I knew the plot from the jacket but I expected . . .I don't know. . .more? I didn't really get to see a lot of how Mrs. A lived, but a lot of how she died. And the main couple. Their relationship seemed a bit off somehow. Most intriguing was Mrs. A's long dead husband. Too bad he couldn't be in the book more. Alive. (  ) Chica3000 | Dec 11, 2020 |  ) Nikoz | Nov 29, 2020 | sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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A young married couple hires a middle-aged widow during the wife, Nora's, difficult pregnancy; they don't realize the dominating force she will become in their small family. Signora A-maid, nanny, and confidante-becomes the glue in their household, and over time, the steady and loving presence whose benign influence allows them to negotiate the complexities of married life. The delicate fabric of the young family comes undone when Signora A is diagnosed with lung cancer. When she becomes too sick to work, both husband and wife feel the strain of her absence. This not a simple love story; it's a story about love in its many forms, and how a capacity for love can give meaning to any existence, no matter how ordinary. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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 Google Books — A carregar...GénerosSistema Decimal de Melvil (DDC)853.92Literature Italian Italian fiction 1900- 21st CenturyClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos EUA (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia: (3.4)
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