We All Want Impossible Things
Autor Catherine Newmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 sep 2023
'Dazzling, heart-wrenching, snorty-hilarious... An utter joy to read' RACHEL JOYCE
'An absolute masterpiece in characterisation... utterly beautiful.' JOANNA CANNON
'Tragically funny, with moments of clarity and wisdom, Newman writes loss and laughter in equally brilliant amounts.' BONNIE GARMUS
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Who knows you better than your best friend? Who knows your secrets, your fears, your desires, your strange imperfect self? Edi and Ash have been best friends for over forty years. Since childhood they have seen each other through life's milestones: stealing vodka from their parents, the Madonna phase, REM concerts, unexpected wakes, marriages, infertility, children. As Ash notes, 'Edi's memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.' So when Edi is diagnosed with cancer, Ash's world reshapes around the rhythms of Edi's care, from making watermelon ice cubes to music therapy; from snack smuggling to impromptu excursions into the frozen winter night. Because life is about squeezing the joy out of every moment, about building a powerhouse of memories, about learning when to hold on, and when to let go.
For fans of Nora Ephron and Sorrow & Bliss, We All Want Impossible Things is a deeply moving, jubilant celebration of life and friendship at its imperfect, radiant, and irreverent best.
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'You'll stay up late devouring every word' KATHERINE HEINY
'One of the best novels on friendship I've ever read' AJ PEARCE
'I absolutely adored this...what a beautiful, emotional novel' JILL MANSELL
'Shot through with whip-smart humour and boundless compassion. It's one of the best debuts I've read in a long time.' HANNAH BECKERMAN
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781529177220
ISBN-10: 1529177227
Pagini: 209
Dimensiuni: 124 x 196 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Colecția Penguin
ISBN-10: 1529177227
Pagini: 209
Dimensiuni: 124 x 196 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Colecția Penguin
Notă biografică
CATHERINE NEWMAN has written a gazillion columns, articles, and canned-bean recipes for magazines and newspapers, and her essays have been widely anthologized. She is the author of the memoirs Waiting for Birdy and Catastrophic Happiness, the middle-grade novel One Mixed-Up Night, and the bestselling kids' life-skills books How to Be a Person and What Can I Say? We All Want Impossible Things is her first adult novel. Not, like, adult adult in the porn way. Just, you know, for grown-ups. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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'Devastatingly humorous and humorously devastating...an unbelievably brilliant and funny book about friendship, family, food, sex, and death. Catherine Newman serves up a masterclass in narrative - you'll stay up late devouring every word.' KATHERINE HEINY, author of Early Morning Riser and Standard Deviation
Edi and Ash have been best friends for over forty years, a bond formed by a lifetime of memories. Since childhood they have seen each other through life's milestones: stealing vodka from their parents, REM concerts, unexpected Scottish wakes, marriages, infertility, children. As Ash notes, "Edi's memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine."
When Edi is diagnosed with the final stages of terminal ovarian cancer, she makes the painstaking decision to leave behind her husband and son to move to a hospice down the road from Ash. Fierce and loving, Ash's world reshapes around the rhythms of Edi's palliative care, from chipped ice and watermelon cubes to music therapy; from inadvisable Pringle-consumption to impromptu excursions out into the frozen Massachusetts winter night.
As the novel winds to its powerful conclusion, We All Want Impossible Things' unforgettable characters and the forcefields of love between them will touch readers to the core, throwing the full panorama - the humour, compassion and absurdity - of not only dying, but also of living, into bold relief.
Recenzii
“This is an absolute heartbreaker of a novel. Catherine Newman’s book, through deceptively simple language and everyday moments experienced during a friend’s hospice death — funny, sad, regretful, hopeful — is a celebration of life. For anyone who has prepared a hole in their heart for loss, We All Want Impossible Things is a reminder that, in time, that hollowed hallowed space is also there for when the light and love from grief pour back in.” — Laura Zigman, author of Separation Anxiety
“A novel set in a hospice has no right to be as hilarious, charming, and hopeful as We All Want Impossible Things. With Nora Ephron-style lightness, Catherine Newman has constructed a truly singular tale of love and friendship in the twenty-first century. I loved it.” — Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year
“A warm and remarkably funny book about death and caregiving that will make readers laugh through their tears.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"In author Catherine Newman's expert hands, We All Want Impossible Things is an extraordinary ode to friendship–warm, sometimes outrageously funny, and as real as it gets. It celebrates the gift of long-term bonds without shying away from the pain of losing someone you can't imagine life without." — Real Simple
"Pulses with life . . . . full of moments both mundane and painful, hilarious and heartbreaking.” — BookPage (starred review)
“Newman packs a gut punch, bringing humor and wit to a duo's final days together in We All Want Impossible Things.” — PopSugar
“Devastatingly hilarious and poignantly poetic story about the intimacy of female bonds.” — E! News
“Fearless, open-hearted, funny, and provocative.” — Lit Hub
"Compulsively readable and tenderly hilarious." — Ploughshares
“Affirming, entertaining, and unaccountably, wonderfully funny” — Romper
"Catherine Newman sees the heartbreak and comedy of life with wisdom and unflinching compassion. The way she finds the extraordinary in the everyday is nothing short of poetry. She’s a writer’s writer—and a human’s human." — New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center
"We All Want Impossible Things is a riotously funny and fiercely loyal love letter to female friendship. The story of Edi and Ash proves that a best friend is a gift from the gods. Newman turns her prodigious talents toward finding joy even in the friendship’s final days. I laughed while crying, and was left revived. Newman is a comic masterhand and a dazzling philosopher of the day-to-day." — Amity Gaige, author of Sea Wife
“The funniest, most joyful book about dying—and living—that I have ever read.” — KJ Dell’Antonia, author of The Chicken Sisters
"Gorgeous, tender, and unexpectedly funny. I read the entirety of Edi and Ash's story with my hand clasped over my heart." — Kate Baer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman and I Hope This Finds You Well
“Devastatingly humorous and humorously devastating, We All Want Impossible Things is an unbelievably brilliant and funny book about friendship, family, food, sex, and death. Catherine Newman serves up a masterclass in narrative – you’ll stay up late devouring every word.” — Katherine Heiny, author of Early Morning Riser and Standard Deviation
“The poignant and personal story of the decades-long friendship of Edith and Ashley takes place in a hospice ward, where Edi is dying of ovarian cancer. Sound sad? Heartbreaking? It is. But it’s also heartwarming and life affirming—and yes, hilarious.” — Publishers Weekly
"I adored this book. There is so much love, funniness, honesty, courage, mess, bounce, and surprise in this book, and not a shred of it is mawkish. Loss might be the central theme–or rather the process of losing your dearest friend–but it is the most robust and glorious affirmation of life. Pure genius and an utter joy to read." — Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
"How did Catherine Newman write a book about dying that is so luminously alive? Earthy, funny, and terrifyingly honest—this is a book with heart and guts and all the other goopy gravy we need to stay among the living. A radical delight." — Rufi Thorpe, PEN/ Faulkner Finalist for The Knockout Queen
"Here and throughout, Newman does a wonderful job channeling Ash’s sense of impending loss . . . . Newman breathes ample life into this exquisite story of death and dying." — Publishers Weekly
"Breezy New York Nora-Ephron-style wit meets hospice memoir to create something PROFOUNDLY beautiful. Grief, love, cake—it's ALL there." — Marian Keyes, international bestselling author of Rachel's Holiday
“[Newman] brings Ash to life through a voice that is both hilarious and filled with crushing sadness, but the ultimate message is that of hope. A crossover readalike for fans of death memoirs such as those by Paul Kalanithi and Nora McInerny.” — Booklist
"Can NOT put this down. Read for two-plus hours straight last night. Read while standing in line today. Read any free minutes. So, so, so good . . . Smart women friendship fiction at its best." — Zibby Owens
“Here is the thing about this book. It is excruciatingly heartbreaking, but I laughed out loud on almost every page. And I am not an easy laugher. Newman’s voice is hilarious and warm; her characters feel like old friends . . . . a winning novel.” — New York Times
"This is one of my new favorite books—a smart friendship story that made me laugh and cry. Truly." — Zibby Owens, GMA.com
"[A] hug of a book . . . . a humorous, touching rumination on life, death, and friendship.” — Apartment Therapy
“I never thought any book would have me weeping more than A Little Life, but Catherine Newman’s We All Want Impossible Things broke that record . . . . Pairs well with Kathryn Schulz’s Lost & Found and/or Janine Kwoh’s Welcome to the Grief Club.”
— Southern Bookseller Review
"A tender, raucous, heart-wrenching, laugh-out-loud, thoughtful and honest exploration of friendship, life and death." — BookReporter
“A novel set in a hospice has no right to be as hilarious, charming, and hopeful as We All Want Impossible Things. With Nora Ephron-style lightness, Catherine Newman has constructed a truly singular tale of love and friendship in the twenty-first century. I loved it.” — Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year
“A warm and remarkably funny book about death and caregiving that will make readers laugh through their tears.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"In author Catherine Newman's expert hands, We All Want Impossible Things is an extraordinary ode to friendship–warm, sometimes outrageously funny, and as real as it gets. It celebrates the gift of long-term bonds without shying away from the pain of losing someone you can't imagine life without." — Real Simple
"Pulses with life . . . . full of moments both mundane and painful, hilarious and heartbreaking.” — BookPage (starred review)
“Newman packs a gut punch, bringing humor and wit to a duo's final days together in We All Want Impossible Things.” — PopSugar
“Devastatingly hilarious and poignantly poetic story about the intimacy of female bonds.” — E! News
“Fearless, open-hearted, funny, and provocative.” — Lit Hub
"Compulsively readable and tenderly hilarious." — Ploughshares
“Affirming, entertaining, and unaccountably, wonderfully funny” — Romper
"Catherine Newman sees the heartbreak and comedy of life with wisdom and unflinching compassion. The way she finds the extraordinary in the everyday is nothing short of poetry. She’s a writer’s writer—and a human’s human." — New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center
"We All Want Impossible Things is a riotously funny and fiercely loyal love letter to female friendship. The story of Edi and Ash proves that a best friend is a gift from the gods. Newman turns her prodigious talents toward finding joy even in the friendship’s final days. I laughed while crying, and was left revived. Newman is a comic masterhand and a dazzling philosopher of the day-to-day." — Amity Gaige, author of Sea Wife
“The funniest, most joyful book about dying—and living—that I have ever read.” — KJ Dell’Antonia, author of The Chicken Sisters
"Gorgeous, tender, and unexpectedly funny. I read the entirety of Edi and Ash's story with my hand clasped over my heart." — Kate Baer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman and I Hope This Finds You Well
“Devastatingly humorous and humorously devastating, We All Want Impossible Things is an unbelievably brilliant and funny book about friendship, family, food, sex, and death. Catherine Newman serves up a masterclass in narrative – you’ll stay up late devouring every word.” — Katherine Heiny, author of Early Morning Riser and Standard Deviation
“The poignant and personal story of the decades-long friendship of Edith and Ashley takes place in a hospice ward, where Edi is dying of ovarian cancer. Sound sad? Heartbreaking? It is. But it’s also heartwarming and life affirming—and yes, hilarious.” — Publishers Weekly
"I adored this book. There is so much love, funniness, honesty, courage, mess, bounce, and surprise in this book, and not a shred of it is mawkish. Loss might be the central theme–or rather the process of losing your dearest friend–but it is the most robust and glorious affirmation of life. Pure genius and an utter joy to read." — Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
"How did Catherine Newman write a book about dying that is so luminously alive? Earthy, funny, and terrifyingly honest—this is a book with heart and guts and all the other goopy gravy we need to stay among the living. A radical delight." — Rufi Thorpe, PEN/ Faulkner Finalist for The Knockout Queen
"Here and throughout, Newman does a wonderful job channeling Ash’s sense of impending loss . . . . Newman breathes ample life into this exquisite story of death and dying." — Publishers Weekly
"Breezy New York Nora-Ephron-style wit meets hospice memoir to create something PROFOUNDLY beautiful. Grief, love, cake—it's ALL there." — Marian Keyes, international bestselling author of Rachel's Holiday
“[Newman] brings Ash to life through a voice that is both hilarious and filled with crushing sadness, but the ultimate message is that of hope. A crossover readalike for fans of death memoirs such as those by Paul Kalanithi and Nora McInerny.” — Booklist
"Can NOT put this down. Read for two-plus hours straight last night. Read while standing in line today. Read any free minutes. So, so, so good . . . Smart women friendship fiction at its best." — Zibby Owens
“Here is the thing about this book. It is excruciatingly heartbreaking, but I laughed out loud on almost every page. And I am not an easy laugher. Newman’s voice is hilarious and warm; her characters feel like old friends . . . . a winning novel.” — New York Times
"This is one of my new favorite books—a smart friendship story that made me laugh and cry. Truly." — Zibby Owens, GMA.com
"[A] hug of a book . . . . a humorous, touching rumination on life, death, and friendship.” — Apartment Therapy
“I never thought any book would have me weeping more than A Little Life, but Catherine Newman’s We All Want Impossible Things broke that record . . . . Pairs well with Kathryn Schulz’s Lost & Found and/or Janine Kwoh’s Welcome to the Grief Club.”
— Southern Bookseller Review
"A tender, raucous, heart-wrenching, laugh-out-loud, thoughtful and honest exploration of friendship, life and death." — BookReporter