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Jami Attenberg

All Grown Up

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Who is Andrea Bern? When her therapist asks the question, Andrea knows the right things to say: she’s a designer, a friend, a daughter, a sister. But it’s what she leaves unsaid—she’s alone, a drinker, a former artist, a shrieker in bed, captain of the sinking ship that is her flesh—that feels the most true. Everyone around her seems to have an entirely different idea of what it means to be an adult: her best friend, Indigo, is getting married; her brother—who miraculously seems unscathed by their shared tumultuous childhood—and sister-in-law are having a hoped-for baby; and her friend Matthew continues to wholly devote himself to making dark paintings at the cost of being flat broke. But when Andrea’s niece finally arrives, born with a heartbreaking ailment, the Bern family is forced to reexamine what really matters. Will this drive them together or tear them apart?
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  • nataliaescortesdeelde een impressie5 jaar geleden
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    🎯De moeite waard

    It's like reading your friend's diary. Raw, real and sincere.

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    👍De moeite van het lezen waard
    🎯De moeite waard
    💧Tranentrekkend

    It's a book you read and feel like you are talking to a real person, getting a new friend. Certainly worth reading.

  • Ellen Shubichdeelde een impressie6 jaar geleden

    Funny, introspective, are we ever really at peace with ourselves? A good read to follow with The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. Makes one ponder how women see ourselves and how men see themselves (interesting that this last book is written by a woman!)

Citaten

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    It’s not that you want a baby, or want to get married, or any of it. It’s not your bag. You just feel tired for some reason. Tired of the world. Tired of trying to fit in where you don’t.

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