Reasons to Be Cheerful
Autor Nina Stibbeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 iul 2019
18
year
old
Lizzie
Vogel,
determined
to
make
a
grown-up
life
for
herself,
lands
a
job
in
a
local
dentist's
office
after
answering
a
classified
ad
for
a
"mature
lady
with
a
strong
interest
in
dental
issues'
"Working
for
an
eccentric
dental
surgeon,
Lizzie's
life
is,
for
once,
uneventful,
until
Andy
Nicolello
turns
up
one
day
to
deliver
a
crown.
Lizzie
seizes
her
chance
to
find
love,
and
soon
begins
calling
him
her
boyfriend
even
though
they
have
never
so
much
as
kissed
or
even
sat
next
to
each
other
on
the
sofa.
But
Andy
doesn't
turn
out
to
be
quite
what
he
seems...
Reasons to be Cheerfulis a painfully funny account of life as a hapless teenager from the bestselling author ofLove, Nina, Man at the HelmandParadise Lodge.
Reasons to be Cheerfulis a painfully funny account of life as a hapless teenager from the bestselling author ofLove, Nina, Man at the HelmandParadise Lodge.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316309370
ISBN-10: 0316309370
Pagini: 288
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
ISBN-10: 0316309370
Pagini: 288
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
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Notă biografică
Nina
Stibbe
lives
in
England
with
her
husband
and
their
two
children.
Recenzii
"Stibbe's
deadpan
first-person
delivery
once
again
balances
quirky
charm
with
beady
insight...Another
deft
helping
of
absurd
social
comedy
and
unconventional
wisdom
from
a
writer
of
singular,
decidedly
English
gifts."
—Kirkus
"Lizzie Vogel is back. Now 15, she's picked up a job at Paradise Lodge, a Leicester home for the aging that has fallen on hard times...The home provides English writer Stibbe's novel with an incredible patchwork of characters and their eccentricities, and Lizzie's observations of her family, coworkers, geriatric charges, and sundry enemies are wise, hilarious, and of an emotional frankness that's all her own...soaked through with charm."
—Booklist
"A comic romp about aging and belonging."
—Anderson Tepper,Vanity Fair
"Sweetness and wit from Nina Stibbe. You won't find a funnier, more original confidante than Lizzie Vogel, a teen who's taken a job in a nursing home, at first just hoping to pay for some nice shampoo but eventually sucked into a full-on farce. Truancy, elder abuse, the death of Elvis Presley--there seems to be nothing the author ofLove, Ninacan't play for good-natured laughs and a sneaky touch of wisdom."
—Kim Hubbard,People
"The priceless, pragmatic English youngsters who put their mother on the marriage market in last year's delightful Man at the Helm, are back and practicing their skills on a spate of new victims. In Stibbe's newest novel, Lizzie Vogel is now a teenager and hard at work in her first job at a chaotic old-age home. There, she helps a nurse find a husband (who will also operate as a 'retirement plan'). Lizzie, who finds herself feeling more at home than she's ever felt in her life, helps a cast of eccentrics save the home from a rival."
—Billy Heller,The New York Post's Required Reading
"Stibbe has a gift for summoning the high-octane low-attention-span pimplefest that is adolescence."
—Molly Young,New York Times Book Review
PRAISE FORLOVE, NINA:
"I adored this book, and I could quote from it forever. It's real, odd, life-affirming, sharp, loving...and I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud so frequently while reading."—Nick Hornby,The Believer
"Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude, and aching with sweetness:Love, Ninamight be the most charming book I've ever read."—Maria Semple, author ofWhere'd You Go, Bernadette
"These letters are winning from the start...we simply like being in Ms. Stibbe's company."—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
"You'll find yourself laughing out loud but also touched by the book's depiction of family as it should be: people bound not just by blood but by shared affinities, humor and unfailing interest in hearing the answer to the question, 'How was your day?'"—Kim Hubbard,People
"I must MOST EARNESTLY recommendLove, Ninaby Nina Stibbe. It's the most piss-funny thing I've read all year. I can't remember a book since Adrian Mole that so brilliantly, drily nailed day-to-day life in BRILLIANT, faux-naive prose."—Caitlin Moran, author of How to Build a Girl
"I have never laughed so hard reading a book. Nina Stibbe's recollections of life as a London nanny are both hilarious and heartwarming."—J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Maine and The Engagements
"Love, Ninais enchanting. It's one of the funniest--and oddest--books I've read in a long time.... [Stibbe's letters] are perceptive and droll, and provide a glimpse into the domestic life of a fascinating literary family."—Moira Hodgson,The Wall Street Journal
PRAISE FORMAN AT THE HELM:
"Man at the Helmis a winner- a brilliant find....It is full, free, outlandish. And I can't remember a book that made me laugh more. [Stibbe] doesn't take anything seriously. Or rather, she does, and yet her eye and ear for the absurd never desert her- they are part of who she is."—The Guardian
"Some of the most perceptive writing I've read about relationships in a while....this book is very, very funny. Stibbe has a fine eye for absurdity, and her writing has an unforced charm."—The Independent
"[A] joyous read, full of wit and charm . . . I am already longing for Nina Stibbe's next book."—The Observer
"Nina Stibbe'sMan at the Helmis straight-up hilarious, a brilliant collage of a family in glorious ruin. Stibbe's wry, sly wit propels the novel forward at breakneck speed, but don't be fooled: underneath all the exuberance beats a surprisingly melancholy heart."—Lauren Fox,Author of Still Life with Husband and Friends Like Us
"Stibbe's astute, deadpan charm is impossible to resist."
—Kim Hubbard,People
"This densely populated coming-of-age story (for both mother and children) has retained and even expanded on Stibbe's signature antic charm...It's not too much of a stretch to conclude thatMan at the Helm, with its jauntily matter-of-fact social satire, wouldn't be out of place on the same shelf asCold Comfort FarmandI Capture the Castle.
—Alida Becker,The New York Times Book Review
"Lizzie's scheme to find a suitable match for her [mother] sparkles with humor as British as mincemeat pie."
—Entertainment Weekly
"Ms. Stibbe's writerly charms and her sneakily deep observations about romantic connection are on display throughout...'Man at the Helm' is densely peppered with funny lines, but even more striking is the sustained energy of the writing. In almost all the space between jokes, there remains a witty atmosphere, a playful effect sentence by sentence."—John Williams,The New York Times
"Funny and engaging...I simply hugged myself with joy reading this book, for the tale it tells, which is funny, painful, and ultimately happy, and above all for the voice, which is perfection."
—Katherine A. Powers,The Christian Science Monitor
—Kirkus
"Lizzie Vogel is back. Now 15, she's picked up a job at Paradise Lodge, a Leicester home for the aging that has fallen on hard times...The home provides English writer Stibbe's novel with an incredible patchwork of characters and their eccentricities, and Lizzie's observations of her family, coworkers, geriatric charges, and sundry enemies are wise, hilarious, and of an emotional frankness that's all her own...soaked through with charm."
—Booklist
"A comic romp about aging and belonging."
—Anderson Tepper,Vanity Fair
"Sweetness and wit from Nina Stibbe. You won't find a funnier, more original confidante than Lizzie Vogel, a teen who's taken a job in a nursing home, at first just hoping to pay for some nice shampoo but eventually sucked into a full-on farce. Truancy, elder abuse, the death of Elvis Presley--there seems to be nothing the author ofLove, Ninacan't play for good-natured laughs and a sneaky touch of wisdom."
—Kim Hubbard,People
"The priceless, pragmatic English youngsters who put their mother on the marriage market in last year's delightful Man at the Helm, are back and practicing their skills on a spate of new victims. In Stibbe's newest novel, Lizzie Vogel is now a teenager and hard at work in her first job at a chaotic old-age home. There, she helps a nurse find a husband (who will also operate as a 'retirement plan'). Lizzie, who finds herself feeling more at home than she's ever felt in her life, helps a cast of eccentrics save the home from a rival."
—Billy Heller,The New York Post's Required Reading
"Stibbe has a gift for summoning the high-octane low-attention-span pimplefest that is adolescence."
—Molly Young,New York Times Book Review
PRAISE FORLOVE, NINA:
"I adored this book, and I could quote from it forever. It's real, odd, life-affirming, sharp, loving...and I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud so frequently while reading."—Nick Hornby,The Believer
"Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude, and aching with sweetness:Love, Ninamight be the most charming book I've ever read."—Maria Semple, author ofWhere'd You Go, Bernadette
"These letters are winning from the start...we simply like being in Ms. Stibbe's company."—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
"You'll find yourself laughing out loud but also touched by the book's depiction of family as it should be: people bound not just by blood but by shared affinities, humor and unfailing interest in hearing the answer to the question, 'How was your day?'"—Kim Hubbard,People
"I must MOST EARNESTLY recommendLove, Ninaby Nina Stibbe. It's the most piss-funny thing I've read all year. I can't remember a book since Adrian Mole that so brilliantly, drily nailed day-to-day life in BRILLIANT, faux-naive prose."—Caitlin Moran, author of How to Build a Girl
"I have never laughed so hard reading a book. Nina Stibbe's recollections of life as a London nanny are both hilarious and heartwarming."—J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Maine and The Engagements
"Love, Ninais enchanting. It's one of the funniest--and oddest--books I've read in a long time.... [Stibbe's letters] are perceptive and droll, and provide a glimpse into the domestic life of a fascinating literary family."—Moira Hodgson,The Wall Street Journal
PRAISE FORMAN AT THE HELM:
"Man at the Helmis a winner- a brilliant find....It is full, free, outlandish. And I can't remember a book that made me laugh more. [Stibbe] doesn't take anything seriously. Or rather, she does, and yet her eye and ear for the absurd never desert her- they are part of who she is."—The Guardian
"Some of the most perceptive writing I've read about relationships in a while....this book is very, very funny. Stibbe has a fine eye for absurdity, and her writing has an unforced charm."—The Independent
"[A] joyous read, full of wit and charm . . . I am already longing for Nina Stibbe's next book."—The Observer
"Nina Stibbe'sMan at the Helmis straight-up hilarious, a brilliant collage of a family in glorious ruin. Stibbe's wry, sly wit propels the novel forward at breakneck speed, but don't be fooled: underneath all the exuberance beats a surprisingly melancholy heart."—Lauren Fox,Author of Still Life with Husband and Friends Like Us
"Stibbe's astute, deadpan charm is impossible to resist."
—Kim Hubbard,People
"This densely populated coming-of-age story (for both mother and children) has retained and even expanded on Stibbe's signature antic charm...It's not too much of a stretch to conclude thatMan at the Helm, with its jauntily matter-of-fact social satire, wouldn't be out of place on the same shelf asCold Comfort FarmandI Capture the Castle.
—Alida Becker,The New York Times Book Review
"Lizzie's scheme to find a suitable match for her [mother] sparkles with humor as British as mincemeat pie."
—Entertainment Weekly
"Ms. Stibbe's writerly charms and her sneakily deep observations about romantic connection are on display throughout...'Man at the Helm' is densely peppered with funny lines, but even more striking is the sustained energy of the writing. In almost all the space between jokes, there remains a witty atmosphere, a playful effect sentence by sentence."—John Williams,The New York Times
"Funny and engaging...I simply hugged myself with joy reading this book, for the tale it tells, which is funny, painful, and ultimately happy, and above all for the voice, which is perfection."
—Katherine A. Powers,The Christian Science Monitor
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'Funny, charming, odd-in-the-best-way and gorgeously uplifting! A delight from start to finish' Marian Keyes
'I read all of Reasons To Be Cheerful in one glorious gulp' Caitlin Moran
____________________________________ Teenager Lizzie Vogel has a new job as a dental assistant. This is not as glamorous as it sounds. At least it means mostly getting away from her alcoholic, nymphomaniacal, novel-writing mother. But, if Lizzie thinks being independent means sex with her boyfriend (he prefers bird-watching), strict boundaries (her boss keeps using her loo) or self-respect (surely only actual athletes get fungal foot infections?) she's still got a lot more growing up to do.
______________________________________
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'Very few writers can find the delicate balance between heartbreak and hilarity like Nina Stibbe' Red Magazine
'Comedy gold . . . Reasons To Be Cheerful is just the read you need right now' Stylist
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