Haven Kimmel Ordine dei libri

„Es war Mitte Dezember in Jonah, Indiana, einem Ort, wo das Schicksal vom Wetter entschieden werden kann, und über den Köpfen braute sich ein Sturm zusammen.“ In Jonah, tief in der amerikanischen Provinz, scheint die Welt überschaubar und in Ordnung. Hazel Hunnicutt, Inhaberin des „Gebrauchte-Welt-Zentrums“, beschäftigt Claudia und Rebekah. Claudia, in den Vierzigern und ungewöhnlich groß, lebt einsam. Rebekah, knapp dreißig und schwanger von einem Mann, der sie enttäuschte, wohnt noch bei ihrem streng religiösen Vater. Ihre Mutter Ruth starb unter mysteriösen Umständen. Als Rebekah von ihrem Vater verstoßen wird, nehmen sich Claudia und Hazel ihrer an. Dies weckt in Hazel Erinnerungen an ihre eigene Jugend und eine verbotene Liebe, die sie an den Rand des Abgrunds führte – eine Beziehung, die im prüden Amerika der 60er Jahre undenkbar war. Der aufziehende Sturm bringt längst vergangene Dramen ans Licht: ein gestohlenes Baby, ein mysteriöser Todesfall, Geheimnisse, Lügen und Bigotterie. Der Roman erzählt von Freundschaft, Liebe und Zusammenhalt zwischen drei außergewöhnlichen Frauen und offenbart die dunklen Geheimnisse eines scheinbar friedlichen Ortes.

From the internationally bestselling author of ‘The Solace of Leaving Early’, a funny, heartwrenching and unforgettable novel following the fortunes of a feisty young female pool hustler.

A heart rending story of the lives of a few inhabitants of a small American town and the massive effect of one very violent death. Langston Braverman has just walked out on her PhD oral exams and returned home to Haddington, Indiana in a fragile emotional state. She retreats to her parents' attic, unsure what to do with the summer or the rest of her life, but with vague plans to write the great American novel. But it's hot, and she is distracted beyond capacity to think by the banality of this small-town home she has returned to, and plunged deep in the trauma of a self-imposed existential dilemma from which not even news of the death of her childhood best friend, Alice, can rouse her. A few houses down Plum Street, Amos Townsend, the local preacher, is suffering from a crippling crisis of faith, wondering how he can continue in the role of spiritual leader of this community. Traumatised by Alice's violent death, guilt-ridden over his inability to prevent it, he feels a responsibility for the welfare of Alice's two suddenly orphaned young girls, altered beyond recognition from the shock of having witnessed the bloody end to their parents' marriage. Langston's mother, meanwhile, has forced her into the role of carer, and the developing relationship between the damaged children, and these two slightly hopeless adults helps all four embark on a process of recovery and redemption that is heartbreakingly poignant and utterly convincing. 'The Solace of Leaving Early' is a remarkable novel - generous, warm-hearted, smart and ambitious. It is a novel of people and ideas, of family ties, and of how those ties endure for better or worse, of grief and love, of leaving home and returning, of the overwhelming secrets that rest quietly within us. It is so sweet and smart, it's a present.

Forse non si può dire che sia la bambina più bella del mondo, Haven. Quando la vede per la prima volta, appena nata, sua madre esclama con le lacrime agli occhi: "La amerò e la proteggerò in ogni caso". E non si può nemmeno dire che sia particolarmente precoce: fino ai tre anni non apre bocca, tra lo sconcerto dei genitori. Però è una bambina irresistibile. Buffa, strana, ricettiva, curiosa, divertita e divertente. Una bambina irresistibilmente felice, cresciuta in un piccolo paese in cui, per un misterioso principio matematico, la popolazione è sempre di 300 unità, non una di più, non una di meno. Un paese dove si può esplorare ogni angolo e incappare in ogni momento in inaspettate meraviglie. E di quale spirito sia dotata Haven, soprannominata Zippy perché non sta mai ferma, lo dimostra tutto d'un fiato quando a tre anni decide finalmente di aprire bocca e di parlare.