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Akin by Emma Donoghue (2019, Hardcover)
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- ISBN
- 9780316491990
- Book Title
- Akin
- Item Length
- 9.7 in
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Family Life, Literary, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.6 in
- Item Weight
- 19.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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This "soul stirring" novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Room ( O Magazine ) is one of the New York Post 's best books of the year. Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower living on the Upper West Side, but born in the South of France. He is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing with him a handful of puzzling photos he's discovered from his mother's wartime years. But he receives a call from social services: Noah is the closest available relative of an eleven-year-old great-nephew he's never met, who urgently needs someone to look after him. Out of a feeling of obligation, Noah agrees to take Michael along on his trip. Much has changed in this famously charming seaside mecca, still haunted by memories of the Nazi occupation. The unlikely duo, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, bicker about everything from steak frites to screen time. But Noah gradually comes to appreciate the boy's truculent wit, and Michael's ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family's past. Both come to grasp the risks people in all eras have run for their loved ones, and find they are more akin than they knew. Written with all the tenderness and psychological intensity that made Room an international bestseller, Akin is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a boy, born two generations apart, who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together. "What begins as a larky story of unlikely male bonding turns into an off-center but far richer novel about the unheralded, imperfect heroism of two women." -- New York Times
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316491993
ISBN-13
9780316491990
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038276840
Product Key Features
Book Title
Akin
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Item Weight
19.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Pr6054.O547a78 2019
Reviews
"A subtle, entertaining portrait of the relationship--and friction--between age and youth."-- The Economist, "We are never too old, Donoghue reminds us, to emerge from our childish dusks. What begins as a larky story of unlikely male bonding turns into an off-center but far richer novel about the unheralded, imperfect heroism of two women - Michael's incarcerated mother and Noah's long deceased one - and the way we preserve the past and prepare for the future."-- New York Times, "Donoghue has done an excellent job of blending history with an unforgettable story of a young boy and an old man. This a book not to be missed." -- The Missourian, "We are never too old, Donoghue reminds us, to emerge from our childish dusks. What begins as a larky story of unlikely male bonding turns into an off-center but far richer novel about the unheralded, imperfect heroism of two women -- Michael's incarcerated mother and Noah's long deceased one -- and the way we preserve the past and prepare for the future." -- New York Times, "Donoghue has done an excellent job of blending history with an unforgettable story of a young boy and an old man. This a book not to be missed."-- The Missourian, "A subtle, entertaining portrait of the relationship--and friction--between age and youth." -- The Economist, "We are never too old, Donoghue reminds us, to emerge from our childish dusks. What begins as a larky story of unlikely male bonding turns into an off-center but far richer novel about the unheralded, imperfect heroism of two women -- Michael's incarcerated mother and Noah's long deceased one -- and the way we preserve the past and prepare for the future."-- New York Times
Copyright Date
2019
Lccn
2019-932665
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Dewey Edition
23
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