The Story Hour - Large Print - A Novel

From the critically beloved, bestselling author of The World We Found and The Space Between U s, whom the New York Times Book Review calls a "perceptive and . . . piercing writer," comes a profound, heartbreakingly honest novel about friendship, family, secrets, forgiveness, and second chances. An experienced psychologist, Maggie carefully maintains emotional distance from her patients. But when she meets a young Indian woman who tried to kill herself, her professional detachment disintegrates. Cut off from her family in India, Lakshmi is desperately lonely and trapped in a loveless marriage to a domineering man who limits her world to their small restaurant and grocery store. Moved by her plight, Maggie treats Lakshmi in her home office for free, quickly realizing that the despondent woman doesn't need a shrink; she needs a friend. Determined to empower Lakshmi as a woman who feels valued in her own right, Maggie abandons protocol, and soon doctor and patient have become close friends. But while their relationship is deeply affectionate, it is also warped by conflicting expectations. When Maggie and Lakshmi open up and share long-buried secrets, the revelations will jeopardize their close bond, shake their faith in each other, and force them to confront painful choices.

A propos de l'auteur

Thrity Umrigar is the author of seven novels - Everybody's Son, The Story Hour, The World We Found, The Weight of Heaven, The Space Between Us, If Today Be Sweet, and Bombay Time - and the memoir First Darling of the Morning. A journalist for almost twenty years, she is the winner of the Nieman Fellowship to Harvard and 2006 finalist for the PEN/Beyond Margins Award. An associate professor of English at Case Western Reserve University, Umrigar lives in Cleveland.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Thrity Umrigar, Umrigar Thrity
• Edition: Harper Collins Usa
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 26.08.2014
• EAN: 9780062344120
• ISBN: 978-0-06-234412-0
• Pages: 464
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Romance, Religion: general, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Anthologies: general, Spirituality and religious experience, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Romance / Romantic Comedy, RELIGION: Spirituality, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Cultural Heritage, FICTION: Romance / New Adult, ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN: ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, RELIGION: Essays, Asian & Asian American / Asian American Literature