A Nós - (To Us)

ISBN-13: 9781452857794 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 360 str.

Ellen Homewood

Opis

At the age of sixty, newly widowed Maddy Duncan finds herself sitting atop the compost heap of life; invisible, unneeded and decidedly unloved, until a thirty-three year old Portuguese landscaper saunters through her garden gate and knocks her off her rocker. "I am not here to explore you," Jose vows. But of course he is Maddy knows it, but goes along for the ride. It beats the hell out of bingo On the way, they both learn a great deal about the amazing power of love at any age. Working on a novel that rewrites the Greek Oedipus myth from the point of view of the much maligned and misunderstood Jocasta, Maddy discovers her own passionate nature as she experiences life and love with a man young enough to be her son. Her friends, Maddy's personal Greek chorus, chime in with the voices of reason, predicting doom for Maddy's unorthodox affair. But like Jocasta, Maddy exists beyond logic or good sense, lost in the timeless fascination of a woman for a man. A Nos is a toast meaning 'to us' in Portuguese. Funny, tragic, honest and real, this story will resonate with the mature reader who understands that life and love and yes, even sexuality continue long after youth has fled.

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