The From-Aways
C.J. Hauser
ISBN 10: 0062310755 ISBN 13: 9780062310750
Verlag: William Morrow, 2014
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Leichte Risse; Farbveranderung durch Alter/Sonne. Fresh talent CJ Hauser makes her literary debut with an irreverent story of family, love, friendship, and lobsters. Two women arrive in Maine seeking family, only to discover unexpected love, heartbreak, and friendship in a small fishing town. Leah, a young New York reporter, falls for Henry, captivated by his freckles, green thumb, and childhood stories. They marry quickly, and Leah persuades Henry to return to Menamon. As she builds her life there, working for The Menamon Star and striving to be less of an emotional screw-up, the couple realizes they don't know each other as well as they thought. Meanwhile, Quinn, after her mother's death, seeks out her estranged father, a famous folk singer in Menamon. With her scrappy attitude, she secures a job at the local paper and an apartment above the diner, all while mustering the courage to meet her father. Unexpectedly, she falls for her roommate, Rosie. As their work relationship at The Star evolves into a deep friendship, they uncover a story that disrupts the town and has serious consequences for Leah's husband and Quinn's roommate. Amid the ensuing turmoil, both women must confront what kind of lives they are willing to fight for. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers b09e595b-0dea-40fd-9a4f-dc17f6d7a198
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Fresh talent CJ Hauser makes her literary debut with The From-Aways, an irreverent story of family, love, friendship, and lobsters, in the tradition of J. Courtney Sullivan’s Maine and Richard Russo’s Empire Falls.
Two women come to Maine in search of family, and find more love, heartbreak, and friendship, than they’d ever imagined one little fishing town could hold.
When Leah, a young New York reporter, meets Henry, she falls in love with everything about him: his freckles, green thumb, and tales of a Maine childhood. They marry quickly and Leah convinces Henry to move back to Menamon. As Leah builds a life there, reporting for The Menamon Star and vowing to be less of an emotional screw-up, the newlyweds are shocked to discover that they don’t know each other nearly so well as they thought they did.
When Quinn’s mother dies, she tracks down the famous folk-singer father she’s never known, in Menamon. Scrappy and smart-mouthed, Quinn gets a job at the local paper, an apartment above the town diner, and tries to shore up the courage to meet her father. But falling in love with her roommate, Rosie, was never part of the plan.
These two unruly women’s work relationship at The Star deepens into best-friendship when they stumble onto a story that shakes sleepy Menamon—and holds damaging repercussions for Leah’s husband and Quinn’s roommate both. As the town descends into turmoil, both women must decide what kind of lives they are willing to fight for.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:
CJ Hauser's fiction has appeared in Tin House, The Kenyon Review, TriQuarterly, and Esquire. She is a recipient of McSweeney's Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award and winner of the Jaimy Gordon Prize in fiction. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in English at The Florida State University.
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Titel: The From-Aways
Verlag: William Morrow
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Fine