All Adults Here: A funny, uplifting and big-hearted novel about family – an instant New York Times bestseller
Autor Emma Strauben Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 apr 2021
'A wonderful read'Elizabeth Strout
'Literary sunshine'New York Times
'A gorgeous and witty storyteller'Elizabeth Gilbert, author ofCity of Girls
'The world will love it'Ann Patchett
The instantNew York TimesBESTSELLER
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After Astrid Strick - a widowed, 68-year-old mother of three living in upstate New York - witnesses an accident, she resolves to live more honestly. Starting with the mistakes she made in raising her family.
But are her kids, tangled in their own messy adult lives, really ready to be treated like grown ups?
Charming, uplifting and well-observed,All Adults Hereis the delightful story about the wonders and woes of modern family life.
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Praise forAll Adults Here:
'Perfectly pitched summer reading'Stylist
'Smartly observant, wryly witty, big-hearted . . . 'Sunday Times
'This beautifully written book delves deeply, perceptively and humorously into the contemporary human condition'Daily Mail
'A glorious mash-up of Elizabeth Strout and Gilmore Girls'Red
'If you're a fan of Anne Tyler's writing, you'll love this captivating well-observed family drama'Good Housekeeping
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781405921596
ISBN-10: 1405921595
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1405921595
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Emma
Straubis
theNew
York
Timesbestselling
author
of
three
other
novels,The
Vacationers,Modern
Lovers,
andLaura
Lamont's
Life
in
Pictures,
and
the
short
story
collectionOther
People
We
Married.Her
books
have
been
published
in
twenty
countries.
She
and
her
husband
own
Books
Are
Magic,
an
independent
bookstore
in
Brooklyn,
New
York.
Recenzii
A
novel
about
how
we
try
and
fail
at
every
age
and
yet
somehow
survive.
It
isbrimming
with
kindness,
forgiveness,
humour
and
love
and
yet
(magically)
is
also
a
page
turner
that
held
me
captive
until
it
was
finished.This
is
Emma
Straub's
absolute
best
andthe
world
will
love
it
Literary sunshine
A wonderful read
Smartly observant, wryly witty, big-hearted . . .Fans of Ann Patchett, Anne Tyler and Lily King should seek [Straub] out
Thisbeautifully writtenbookdelves deeply, perceptively and humorouslyinto thecontemporary human condition
Awarm and witty storyabout a family learning to accept the mistakes of the past and feeling their way towards a new, more truthful way of being together. Emma Straub hassuch a wonderful talentfor depicting small-town existence, as well as the challenges and frustrations of family life, thatI was utterly immersedin the world of the Stricks.It's one of those books that leaves you feeling as if you've visited a new place and met new friends.All Adults Hereis a joy to read
If you can imaginea glorious mash-up of Elizabeth Strout and Gilmore Girls,All Adults Hereis is
If you're a fan of Anne Tyler's writing, you'll lovethis captivating well-observed family drama
A novel full of poignant insightsinto family
InAll Adults Here,Straub cements her status as a master of the domestic ensemble drama.While readers willrelate to the comfortable familiarityof Straub's work, it has also taken on an unexpectedair of escapism
Likely to be the book that every single person will be reading this summer
An affecting family sagathatjuggles issuesas weighty as abortion, gender identity and bullyingwith ease
Emma Straub is a master of the breezy, but still literary, family drama.Her fifth novel. . . . promises to be another sprawling, big-hearted page-turner
A warm, funny novelabout the lifecycle of one family
Straub etches in thecomforting, often funnytruths readers love her for. Like us, her characters are always getting older but never feeling quite old enough to do the right thing, to be the people they want to be, to let go of the past, and they're certainly never ready to die.An all-out celebration of the life force in ourselves and in our families
As always, Straub draws her characters warmly,making them appealing in their self-centeredness and generosity, their insecurity and hope. . . .Straub has a sharp eye for her characters' foiblesand the details of their liberal, upper-middle-class milieu.With humor and insight, Straub creates a family worth rooting for
No less charming than the rest of her oeuvre, about one family growing up and ageing, and how the parent-child roles between parents and their children is swapped
Will make you question your entire childhood, and how much your parents influenced itas you learn one mother's perspective of what went right and what went wrong with her own family
Smart and funny and warm, the kind of novel you fall into and don't ever want to end, which is exactly what we need now
The book hasalready roused a flood of fansclamoring to find out how Astrid's story ends
Thewarm and funny novel only Emma Straub can deliverto us in this time of need
There's no drama like family drama as Emma Straub proves in thistouching, humorous, and eye-openingnew novel...All Adults Hereweavesa memorable tale about navigating some of our most important, and most maddening, relationships
There's refuge to be found in stories of everyday people going about their lives...Emma Straub has become adept at finding amusement in the mundane, and her newest,All Adults Here, might just be her best yet
Perceptive and fun
It's good company
In herwitty new novel,All Adults Here, Emma Straub examines adolescence, ageing, gender, and sexuality through the nuanced experiences of three generations of a New York family
Come for the close examination of parental child roles, stay for goats
Unlike parents when it comes to their children, novel readers are allowed to have favourite characters. This will be an impossible task for many readers ofAll Adults Here, in which Emma Straub switches among the perspectives of eight characters who are all endearing in their disarmingly muddleheaded or abjectly truth-seeking ways...gasp-worthy...belongs in the company of Cathleen Schine, Tom Perrotta and other fiction writers who understand that the degree of humour that can be teased from family drama is often directly proportional to the extent of the family's misery
All Adults Hereis amaster class on the small-scale American drama. There's a wry wink in the title; being grown up is no guarantee that you have it figured out. Ensconced in their upstate New York bubble, the Strick clan is the perfect show case...Yet thiswarm, optimistic novelargues that one should keep trying, regardless.All Adults Hereaffirms the value of community and family, no matter the strife that may rise up within them
One of our favourite funny and kind books of the year . . . perfectly pitched summer reading
Set over the course of an upstate New York summer,this shrewd, kindly tale embraces a topical spread of inter-generational challenges, yielding tart truths about love, class and family. It's spry and satisfying
A warm, funny novel
If you can imagine a glorious mash-up of Elizabeth Strout andGilmore Girls, All Adults Hereis it
Busting with witty and poignant observations about the messiness of family
Emma Straub has done it again!All Adults Hereintroduces us to the Stricks,a delightfully flawed family, with matriarch Astrid at the centre...I know I've been having trouble adulting during this time (seriously, I have to cook, again?!), and the characters in this novel feel like they're struggling right alongside me
All Adults Herewill make you question your entire childhood
All Adults Hereisdeliciously funny and infectiously warm-a clever blend of levity and poignant insights. Straub's flair for irony and wit shine, and she puts a fresh (and progressive) spin on the age-old multigenerational family saga
The queen of the summer novel...we have turned to Emma Straub to bring ushighly enjoyable, yet still thought-provoking, tales about witty protagonists in the throes of life changes
Straub's novel takes her signature wit upstate, exploring the complexities of small-town life and what it's
like to live as an adult in the same place where you grew up
If you've spent lockdown at home with the family, this one might just ring true for you. A witty, warm and thoroughly entertaining novel. Relatable
It takes rare skillto make everyday family ups and downs so pleasurable to read but Straub brings both adeceptive light touchand aflinty sense of humourto this breezybig-hearted portrait of ordinary people trying to negotiate the landscape of being a grown up.Asuperior slice of domestic fictionforfans of Anne Tyler and Ann Patchett
Pulsating with perceptive wit . . . entertaining
Great for fans of Liane Moriarty
Whips along with feel-good momentum, driven by warmth and love
Written withtrue warmth and wit
Praise for Emma Straub
It's the beautifully drawn, vibrant characters that make this smart, compelling novel so irresistible
Funny, poignant and beautifully observed
Straub writes beautifully and amusingly . . . hard to beat for sheer charm and gentle wit
Smart and entertaining
Hugely talented . . . intelligent holiday reading
Warm and big-hearted . . . leaves you smiling for days
Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters . . . Reading this novel has all the pleasures of reading one of Anne Tyler's compelling family portraits
A funny and insightful look at love and relationships
Written with true warmth and wit
A smart, cool sensibility
Lovely, satisfying
Smart and fresh, offering new insights into the lives of people all around us
Thoughtful and hilarious
It would be easy to compare Straub to other masters of the genre like Meg Wolitzer or Jennifer Egan, but she's already a master in her own right
Wise and often hilarious
Readers will devour this witty and warmly satisfying novel
A precise and observant writer whose supple prose carries the story along without a snag. Straub's characters are a quirky and interesting bunch . . . it's a pleasure spending time with them
Devilishly observed
Sprinkled with humour and insight
Straub is consistently excellent
Literary sunshine
A wonderful read
Smartly observant, wryly witty, big-hearted . . .Fans of Ann Patchett, Anne Tyler and Lily King should seek [Straub] out
Thisbeautifully writtenbookdelves deeply, perceptively and humorouslyinto thecontemporary human condition
Awarm and witty storyabout a family learning to accept the mistakes of the past and feeling their way towards a new, more truthful way of being together. Emma Straub hassuch a wonderful talentfor depicting small-town existence, as well as the challenges and frustrations of family life, thatI was utterly immersedin the world of the Stricks.It's one of those books that leaves you feeling as if you've visited a new place and met new friends.All Adults Hereis a joy to read
If you can imaginea glorious mash-up of Elizabeth Strout and Gilmore Girls,All Adults Hereis is
If you're a fan of Anne Tyler's writing, you'll lovethis captivating well-observed family drama
A novel full of poignant insightsinto family
InAll Adults Here,Straub cements her status as a master of the domestic ensemble drama.While readers willrelate to the comfortable familiarityof Straub's work, it has also taken on an unexpectedair of escapism
Likely to be the book that every single person will be reading this summer
An affecting family sagathatjuggles issuesas weighty as abortion, gender identity and bullyingwith ease
Emma Straub is a master of the breezy, but still literary, family drama.Her fifth novel. . . . promises to be another sprawling, big-hearted page-turner
A warm, funny novelabout the lifecycle of one family
Straub etches in thecomforting, often funnytruths readers love her for. Like us, her characters are always getting older but never feeling quite old enough to do the right thing, to be the people they want to be, to let go of the past, and they're certainly never ready to die.An all-out celebration of the life force in ourselves and in our families
As always, Straub draws her characters warmly,making them appealing in their self-centeredness and generosity, their insecurity and hope. . . .Straub has a sharp eye for her characters' foiblesand the details of their liberal, upper-middle-class milieu.With humor and insight, Straub creates a family worth rooting for
No less charming than the rest of her oeuvre, about one family growing up and ageing, and how the parent-child roles between parents and their children is swapped
Will make you question your entire childhood, and how much your parents influenced itas you learn one mother's perspective of what went right and what went wrong with her own family
Smart and funny and warm, the kind of novel you fall into and don't ever want to end, which is exactly what we need now
The book hasalready roused a flood of fansclamoring to find out how Astrid's story ends
Thewarm and funny novel only Emma Straub can deliverto us in this time of need
There's no drama like family drama as Emma Straub proves in thistouching, humorous, and eye-openingnew novel...All Adults Hereweavesa memorable tale about navigating some of our most important, and most maddening, relationships
There's refuge to be found in stories of everyday people going about their lives...Emma Straub has become adept at finding amusement in the mundane, and her newest,All Adults Here, might just be her best yet
Perceptive and fun
It's good company
In herwitty new novel,All Adults Here, Emma Straub examines adolescence, ageing, gender, and sexuality through the nuanced experiences of three generations of a New York family
Come for the close examination of parental child roles, stay for goats
Unlike parents when it comes to their children, novel readers are allowed to have favourite characters. This will be an impossible task for many readers ofAll Adults Here, in which Emma Straub switches among the perspectives of eight characters who are all endearing in their disarmingly muddleheaded or abjectly truth-seeking ways...gasp-worthy...belongs in the company of Cathleen Schine, Tom Perrotta and other fiction writers who understand that the degree of humour that can be teased from family drama is often directly proportional to the extent of the family's misery
All Adults Hereis amaster class on the small-scale American drama. There's a wry wink in the title; being grown up is no guarantee that you have it figured out. Ensconced in their upstate New York bubble, the Strick clan is the perfect show case...Yet thiswarm, optimistic novelargues that one should keep trying, regardless.All Adults Hereaffirms the value of community and family, no matter the strife that may rise up within them
One of our favourite funny and kind books of the year . . . perfectly pitched summer reading
Set over the course of an upstate New York summer,this shrewd, kindly tale embraces a topical spread of inter-generational challenges, yielding tart truths about love, class and family. It's spry and satisfying
A warm, funny novel
If you can imagine a glorious mash-up of Elizabeth Strout andGilmore Girls, All Adults Hereis it
Busting with witty and poignant observations about the messiness of family
Emma Straub has done it again!All Adults Hereintroduces us to the Stricks,a delightfully flawed family, with matriarch Astrid at the centre...I know I've been having trouble adulting during this time (seriously, I have to cook, again?!), and the characters in this novel feel like they're struggling right alongside me
All Adults Herewill make you question your entire childhood
All Adults Hereisdeliciously funny and infectiously warm-a clever blend of levity and poignant insights. Straub's flair for irony and wit shine, and she puts a fresh (and progressive) spin on the age-old multigenerational family saga
The queen of the summer novel...we have turned to Emma Straub to bring ushighly enjoyable, yet still thought-provoking, tales about witty protagonists in the throes of life changes
Straub's novel takes her signature wit upstate, exploring the complexities of small-town life and what it's
like to live as an adult in the same place where you grew up
If you've spent lockdown at home with the family, this one might just ring true for you. A witty, warm and thoroughly entertaining novel. Relatable
It takes rare skillto make everyday family ups and downs so pleasurable to read but Straub brings both adeceptive light touchand aflinty sense of humourto this breezybig-hearted portrait of ordinary people trying to negotiate the landscape of being a grown up.Asuperior slice of domestic fictionforfans of Anne Tyler and Ann Patchett
Pulsating with perceptive wit . . . entertaining
Great for fans of Liane Moriarty
Whips along with feel-good momentum, driven by warmth and love
Written withtrue warmth and wit
Praise for Emma Straub
It's the beautifully drawn, vibrant characters that make this smart, compelling novel so irresistible
Funny, poignant and beautifully observed
Straub writes beautifully and amusingly . . . hard to beat for sheer charm and gentle wit
Smart and entertaining
Hugely talented . . . intelligent holiday reading
Warm and big-hearted . . . leaves you smiling for days
Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters . . . Reading this novel has all the pleasures of reading one of Anne Tyler's compelling family portraits
A funny and insightful look at love and relationships
Written with true warmth and wit
A smart, cool sensibility
Lovely, satisfying
Smart and fresh, offering new insights into the lives of people all around us
Thoughtful and hilarious
It would be easy to compare Straub to other masters of the genre like Meg Wolitzer or Jennifer Egan, but she's already a master in her own right
Wise and often hilarious
Readers will devour this witty and warmly satisfying novel
A precise and observant writer whose supple prose carries the story along without a snag. Straub's characters are a quirky and interesting bunch . . . it's a pleasure spending time with them
Devilishly observed
Sprinkled with humour and insight
Straub is consistently excellent