Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 05., Pannaschg. 6	Standorte: FS.E DR Boyt / Fiction	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

Ruth is a woman who both believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. When her daughter, Eleanor, becomes lost in the dense fog of drug addiction, Ruth watches as every gift she offers—nourishment, distance, affection—falls short of its mark. The birth of Eleanor's daughter, Lily, brings the crisis to a head. After a tragic overdose occurs in Eleanor's apartment, Ruth makes a daring, life-altering choice: she hands her daughter an envelope of cash and takes the infant Lily home to raise her as her own.

 

As Lily grows, she becomes a living compensation for all of Ruth’s past defeats and disappointments. For the first time, Ruth experiences a love without fear, a feeling so new it is almost unrecognizable. Susie Boyt’s seventh novel is a whip-smart, incisive, and mordantly witty exploration of love’s gains and missteps. It is an immersive intellectual experience that examines the limits and excesses of maternal devotion with visceral compassion. Through a series of vivid snapshots of a fractured family, Boyt creates a haunting portrait of willpower and creative zeal in the face of institutionalized sorrow. This "triumph" of British literature delights as much as it disturbs, offering a diagnostic look at the sustaining cords that bind us even when they threaten to pull us under.