Being Esther: A Novel
Autor Miriam Karmelen Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 noi 2014
A wonderful fiction debut, Being Esther gives voice to Esther Lustig, an extraordinary woman who has lived a conventional life, in this touching exploration of aging.
In spare, unsentimental prose, Miriam Karmel provides readers with one of literature’s finest portraits of the last months of a woman’s life. Sad and amusing, unpretentious and ambitious, Karmel’s prose brings understanding and tremendous empathy to the character of Esther Lustig, a woman who readers will recognize and embrace. Born to parents who fled the shtetl, Esther Lustig has led a seemingly conventional life — marriage, two children, a life in suburban Chicago. Now, at the age of 85, her husband is deceased, her children have families of their own, and most of her friends are gone. Even in this diminished condition, life has its moments of richness, as well as its memorable characters. Being Esther reflects the need, as Esther puts it, for better roadmaps for growing old.
In spare, unsentimental prose, Miriam Karmel provides readers with one of literature’s finest portraits of the last months of a woman’s life. Sad and amusing, unpretentious and ambitious, Karmel’s prose brings understanding and tremendous empathy to the character of Esther Lustig, a woman who readers will recognize and embrace. Born to parents who fled the shtetl, Esther Lustig has led a seemingly conventional life — marriage, two children, a life in suburban Chicago. Now, at the age of 85, her husband is deceased, her children have families of their own, and most of her friends are gone. Even in this diminished condition, life has its moments of richness, as well as its memorable characters. Being Esther reflects the need, as Esther puts it, for better roadmaps for growing old.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781571311054
ISBN-10: 157131105X
Pagini: 187
Dimensiuni: 127 x 201 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Milkweed Editions
Colecția Milkweed Editions
ISBN-10: 157131105X
Pagini: 187
Dimensiuni: 127 x 201 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Milkweed Editions
Colecția Milkweed Editions
Recenzii
"Karmel’s novel of womanhood, the love and strife between mothers and daughters, marital dead zones, and the baffling metamorphosis of age is covertly complex, quietly incisive, and stunning in its emotional richness." —Booklist
“Deeply moving.... Being Esther is a spare book with cosmic implications and a huge heart." —Lilith Magazine
"A deliciously funny and tender novel." —BookWomen
"Full of emotion and wisdom about aging and finding meaning from a well-lived life.... While reading this lovely book, I felt as if I were reconnecting to the women in my life of Esther's generation. I savored it and did not want it to end." —NA'AMAT Women Magazine
"Readers of any age will long for more Esther." —ForeWord
"A tale worth telling and reading." —Jewish Book Council
"[An] accomplished debut" —Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Being Esther...will linger long in readers' minds and hearts.” —St. Paul Pioneer Press
"A delight." —The American Jewish World
"Being Esther is impossible to put down. — Margot Livesey
"A small masterpiece." — Faith Sullivan, author of Gardenias
"Wryly funny and always (sometimes painfully) honest." —Rosellen Brown
"A small gem—a beautiful, funny and sad meditation on life and old age." —Ellen Burns, Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT
"A wonderful portrait of a seemingly simple life." — Karen Frank, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, VT
"What a delightful book, even if it did end up making me cry." —Jackie Blem, The Tattered Cover Bookstore, Denver CO
"The possibilities for inter-generational discussions are limitless." —Nancy Simpson-Brice, Book Vault, Oskaloosa, IA
"I was charmed by Esther’s wonderful observations of life, her love of literature and clarity of vision."
—Terri Weiner, Village Books, Bellingham, WA
"Being Esther should be required reading by all we Baby Boomers as we think about our parents' and our own last years." —Keri Rojas, Cornerstone Cottage Kids, Hampton, IA
"Pitch perfect." —Ellen Sandmeyer, Sandmeyer's Bookstore, Chicago, IL
"A beautiful, touching novel." —Pierre Camy, Schuler Books, Grand Rapids, MI
"A beautiful, touching story filled with humor, compassion." —Anderson McKean, Page & Palette Books, Fairhope, AL
"A thoughtful and lively meditation." — Lisa Boudain, Books & Company, Okonomowoc, WI
"Richly complex and loveable." —David Unowsky, SubText Bookstore, St. Paul, MN
"A gem." — Rabbi Stacy Offner, Temple Beth Tikvah, Madison, CT
“Very much like Stewart O'nan's Emily, Alone, Being Esther is a beautiful and finely crafted novel.” — Rabbi Danielle Leshaw, Director, Hillel at Ohio University
“A loving portrayal of a woman’s last chapter." —Rabbi Sandy Bogin, Jewish Home Lifecare
“Deeply moving.... Being Esther is a spare book with cosmic implications and a huge heart." —Lilith Magazine
"A deliciously funny and tender novel." —BookWomen
"Full of emotion and wisdom about aging and finding meaning from a well-lived life.... While reading this lovely book, I felt as if I were reconnecting to the women in my life of Esther's generation. I savored it and did not want it to end." —NA'AMAT Women Magazine
"Readers of any age will long for more Esther." —ForeWord
"A tale worth telling and reading." —Jewish Book Council
"[An] accomplished debut" —Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Being Esther...will linger long in readers' minds and hearts.” —St. Paul Pioneer Press
"A delight." —The American Jewish World
"Being Esther is impossible to put down. — Margot Livesey
"A small masterpiece." — Faith Sullivan, author of Gardenias
"Wryly funny and always (sometimes painfully) honest." —Rosellen Brown
"A small gem—a beautiful, funny and sad meditation on life and old age." —Ellen Burns, Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT
"A wonderful portrait of a seemingly simple life." — Karen Frank, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, VT
"What a delightful book, even if it did end up making me cry." —Jackie Blem, The Tattered Cover Bookstore, Denver CO
"The possibilities for inter-generational discussions are limitless." —Nancy Simpson-Brice, Book Vault, Oskaloosa, IA
"I was charmed by Esther’s wonderful observations of life, her love of literature and clarity of vision."
—Terri Weiner, Village Books, Bellingham, WA
"Being Esther should be required reading by all we Baby Boomers as we think about our parents' and our own last years." —Keri Rojas, Cornerstone Cottage Kids, Hampton, IA
"Pitch perfect." —Ellen Sandmeyer, Sandmeyer's Bookstore, Chicago, IL
"A beautiful, touching novel." —Pierre Camy, Schuler Books, Grand Rapids, MI
"A beautiful, touching story filled with humor, compassion." —Anderson McKean, Page & Palette Books, Fairhope, AL
"A thoughtful and lively meditation." — Lisa Boudain, Books & Company, Okonomowoc, WI
"Richly complex and loveable." —David Unowsky, SubText Bookstore, St. Paul, MN
"A gem." — Rabbi Stacy Offner, Temple Beth Tikvah, Madison, CT
“Very much like Stewart O'nan's Emily, Alone, Being Esther is a beautiful and finely crafted novel.” — Rabbi Danielle Leshaw, Director, Hillel at Ohio University
“A loving portrayal of a woman’s last chapter." —Rabbi Sandy Bogin, Jewish Home Lifecare
Notă biografică
Miriam Karmel has worked professionally as a newspaper reporter and magazine editor, and most recently as a freelance writer specializing in medicine and health. Her journalism has appeared in AARP magazine and Minnesota Women's Press. Her fiction has won numerous regional prizes, and her stories have been published in Bellevue Literary Review, Minnesota Monthly, and anthologized in Milkweed's Fiction on a Stick. She lives in Minneapolis, MN, and Sandisfield, MA. Being Esther is her first novel.