Sweet Vidalia
Autor Lisa Sandlinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 dec 2024
She made herself see Robert with the kids, telling stories of crafty, talking rabbits and determined turtles, his face bright with meanings, with silliness. Made herself see the two of them laughing together in bed, they had done that. That was true. Through the years, they'd had happiness and closeness. They had.
As Eliza sits at her husband's funeral, still stunned by the suddenness of his death, she discovers a lie that turns her life upside down. Almost overwhelmed by the dawning understanding that she has known nothing true about her life, Eliza can't see a way forward at first. How should she come to terms with all that has been a lie? How can she live with herself?
But Eliza has a core of resourceful steel that does not let her down and an innate emotional generosity that she clings to, faced with an almost overwhelming sense of bitterness. Signing up to business classes so she can make a living, she moves into a hotel, The Sweet Vidalia, filled with people facing their own challenges.
As she gathers new friends and new possibilities open up before her, Eliza finds it isn't so simple to leave the past behind....
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780349147000
ISBN-10: 0349147000
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Abacus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0349147000
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Abacus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Oh how I loved Sweet Vidalia! In this pitch-perfect novel, Lisa Sandlin gifts readers with a most unlikely but unforgettable heroine in Eliza Kratke, a woman forced to carve a path forward while so delightfully discovering herself along the way. With precise, evocative prose and a cast of endearing characters bearing the scars of their pasts, Sandlin tells a wonderfully wise and compassionate story of the extraordinary courage it takes to live a seemingly ordinary life. A true gem that will remain in readers' hearts long after the final page
Lisa Sandlin has written a touching, and often untold, story of the unexpected trials faced by women later in life who were taught to trust in the loyalty of their men. A quiet, yet beautiful read
Poignant and uplifting, Sweet Vidalia is a beautifully written tribute to the courage of a woman wounded by life who, through steadfast determination, reclaims her self-esteem, and the joy of living
With her keen understanding of the human heart and a gift for laying it bare on the page, Lisa Sandlin has given us a beautiful story of what it takes to re-build a ruined life from the ground up. Readers will grieve with Eliza Kratke at the shocking upheaval in her marriage. They'll rejoice at her spirit. When they finish the book, they'll miss her. I certainly did
The odyssey of a woman forced to rebuild her entire world... Eliza's warmhearted matter-of-factness is her salvation, and her decision to care less about trust and more about humane survival and keeping her spirit uncorroded is doubly refreshing. Sandlin has written a page-turner of an unapologetically female adventure
Lisa Sandlin's Sweet Vidalia does what the very best books do. Eliza Kratke shows us with her courageous, steady enterprise how to brave life's blows and start again, and again, every day. She is a heroine of the first order and I wish she lived next door
For readers of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler, a life-affirming novel about marriage, friendship and the powerful dignity of a woman forced to rebuild her life - unexpectedly and alone - in 1960s Texas.
It's 1964 and Eliza Kratke is mostly content. Married thirty years, she has two grown children, a nice house, a little dog, and a routine. But her husband has a secret, and Eliza has not been brave enough to demand to know what it is.
So when her husband dies suddenly, the ground doesn't just shift under Eliza's feet - it falls away entirely, revealing that she has known nothing true about her life. How should she come to terms with all that has been a lie?
What emerges from this wreckage is a profoundly compelling portrait of a wonderfully nuanced woman, worn down like a gemstone to a core of durability and self-reliance as she fights for her own path forward. By taking business classes and moving into a hotel filled with aspiring young people, The Sweet Vidalia, Eliza gathers new friends and new possibilities. But with each of these, she finds that it isn't so simple to leave the past behind...
Lisa Sandlin has written a touching, and often untold, story of the unexpected trials faced by women later in life who were taught to trust in the loyalty of their men. A quiet, yet beautiful read
Poignant and uplifting, Sweet Vidalia is a beautifully written tribute to the courage of a woman wounded by life who, through steadfast determination, reclaims her self-esteem, and the joy of living
With her keen understanding of the human heart and a gift for laying it bare on the page, Lisa Sandlin has given us a beautiful story of what it takes to re-build a ruined life from the ground up. Readers will grieve with Eliza Kratke at the shocking upheaval in her marriage. They'll rejoice at her spirit. When they finish the book, they'll miss her. I certainly did
The odyssey of a woman forced to rebuild her entire world... Eliza's warmhearted matter-of-factness is her salvation, and her decision to care less about trust and more about humane survival and keeping her spirit uncorroded is doubly refreshing. Sandlin has written a page-turner of an unapologetically female adventure
Lisa Sandlin's Sweet Vidalia does what the very best books do. Eliza Kratke shows us with her courageous, steady enterprise how to brave life's blows and start again, and again, every day. She is a heroine of the first order and I wish she lived next door
For readers of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler, a life-affirming novel about marriage, friendship and the powerful dignity of a woman forced to rebuild her life - unexpectedly and alone - in 1960s Texas.
It's 1964 and Eliza Kratke is mostly content. Married thirty years, she has two grown children, a nice house, a little dog, and a routine. But her husband has a secret, and Eliza has not been brave enough to demand to know what it is.
So when her husband dies suddenly, the ground doesn't just shift under Eliza's feet - it falls away entirely, revealing that she has known nothing true about her life. How should she come to terms with all that has been a lie?
What emerges from this wreckage is a profoundly compelling portrait of a wonderfully nuanced woman, worn down like a gemstone to a core of durability and self-reliance as she fights for her own path forward. By taking business classes and moving into a hotel filled with aspiring young people, The Sweet Vidalia, Eliza gathers new friends and new possibilities. But with each of these, she finds that it isn't so simple to leave the past behind...