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Cargando... Every Inch of Herpor Peter Sheridan
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Written by the brother of the director/writer of the film In America, this novel proves that the family has a lot of talent, and Peter at least can write without sinking into mawkishness. The novel is at turns hilarious and heartbreaking. In between there’s elderly sex scenes, deus ex machina deaths, and a disgusting comeuppance involving liposuction. The novel is both completely unbelievable, and yet so tenderly real, you can’t help but believe. “It was a small thing, a cup of tea: on the scale of things it was a small victory. In a world that conspired to defeat her at every turn, it was sweet all the same. If half a loaf was better than no bread, then a crumb was better than nothing at all. Holy Communion was nothing more that a morsel of bread. The secret that unlocked doors was to be found in the smallest things. On reflection, Philo thought, it was a major victory, not a small one. She deserved respect, and it was right and proper for her to get it from wherever it came.” (p. 155) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Weighing 240 pounds and sporting both a variety of tattoos and a saucy attitude, Philomena Nolan initially appears to be an unlikely heroine. Verbally and physically abused by her loutish husband, Philo reluctantly abandons her five children to buy herself some much needed time to figure out how to restore her battered self-esteem and retool her seemingly hopeless future. Landing on the steps of the local convent seeking asylum, she proceeds to charm both the nuns and the members of the senior day-care center run by the good sisters. Drawing out the elderly residents of her crumbling dockside neighborhood, Philo gives them back their lives, rediscovering her own self-confidence in the process. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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My book club applauds Philo's "forward!" attitude regarding her life (and others'). We just fell in love with her. ( )