We Begin at the End
Autor Chris Whitakeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 mar 2022
Winner for Best International Crime Fiction from Australian Crime Writers Association
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
"A vibrant, engrossing, unputdownable thriller that packs a serious emotional punch. One of those rare books that surprise you along the way and then linger in your mind long after you have finished it."
-Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds
Right. Wrong. Life is lived somewhere in between.
Duchess Day Radley is a thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Rules are for other people. She is the fierce protector of her five-year-old brother, Robin, and the parent to her mother, Star, a single mom incapable of taking care of herself, let alone her two kids.
Walk has never left the coastal California town where he and Star grew up. He may have become the chief of police, but he's still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before. And he's in overdrive protecting Duchess and her brother.
Now, thirty years later, Vincent is being released. And Duchess and Walk must face the trouble that comes with his return. Chris Whitaker's We Begin at the End is an extraordinary novel about two kinds of families-the ones we are born into and the ones we create.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1432896660
Dimensiuni: 140 x 215 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: Large Print Press
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Hobeanu Irina a dat nota:
O lectura superba de la inceput pana la final. "Mi-as fi dorit sa existe o cale de mijloc, stii? Pentru ca undeva la mijloc traiesc oamenii. Viata nu trebuie sa fie ceva de genul totul sau nimic... inoata sau ineaca-te, cam asa. Cei mai multi oameni calca pur si simplu apa - si asta mi se pare indeajuns. Pentru ca atunci cand tu te ineci, ne tragi si pe noi dupa tine." Nu as sti in ce gen sa incadrez aceasta lectura, are elemente care strabat mai multe genuri si se impletesc excelent in stilul lui Whitaker - thriller, suspans, mister, drama, bildungsroman. Firul narativ ne poarta in viata unei familii dezradacinate. Mama, Star, care a trecut prin tragedia mortii surorii sale in copilarie, cu o viata marcata de abuzul de substante si alcool, este o figura pasagera in viata copiilor sai. Duchess, fiica apriga, cateodata necioplita, de o responsabilitate iesita din comun, isi protejeaza familia prin propriile puteri si umple golul matern lasat de Star cea absenta. Robin, mezinul, un baietel inteligent, in general retras, mai pastreaza inca ceva din inocenta copilariei datorita eforturilor surorii sale. Cartea este in sine o calatorie, iar drumurile se bifurca neincetat odata cu fiecare capitol: catre maturizarea lui Duchess fata de 13 ani care si-a asumat rolul de mama pentru fratele ei, catre iertare, catre descoperirea radacinilor si a trecutului involburat, catre iubire si impacare. Elementele pe care naratorul le dezvaluie treptat sunt dozate excelent, iar paginile au curs fara sa imi dau seama. Scriitura simpla, insa care ascunde cateva sublititati si trimiteri 'cu talc' este si ea un punct forte. Personajele, desi stereotipice, sunt executate tare bine in acest tablou haotic si tragic al vietii, iar deznodamantul nu lasa deloc de dorit. Negresit, vocile copiilor au fost preferatele mele.
Descriere
Like Star Radley, his ex-girlfriend, and sister of the girl he killed. Duchess Radley, Star's thirteen-year-old daughter, is part-carer, part-protector to her younger brother, Robin - and to her deeply troubled mother.