Me for You
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Good Grief comes a “winsome story with charm to burn about second acts and second chances” (Jennifer Weiner, New York Times bestselling author) that asks: How soon is too soon to fall in love again?
The last thing Rudy expected was to wake up one Saturday morning, a widower at fifty-four-years-old. Now, ten months after the untimely death of his beloved wife, he’s still not sure how to move on from the tragedy—but his new job is helping.
After being downsized, Rudy turned to his first love: the piano. Some people might be embarrassed to work as the piano player at Nordstrom, but for Rudy, there’s joy in bringing a little music into the world. And it doesn’t hurt that Sasha, the Hungarian watch clerk who is finally divorcing her no-good husband, finds time to join him at the bench every now and then.
Just when Rudy and Sasha’s relationship begins to deepen, the police come to the store with a shocking update about Rudy’s wife’s premature death, and now they believe his actions are suspicious enough to warrant a second look. With Sasha’s husband suddenly reappearing, and Rudy’s daughter confronting her own marital problems, life suddenly becomes more complicated than Rudy or Sasha could have ever imagined.
Perfect for fans of Jennifer Weiner and Fredrik Backman, Me for You is an “exquisitely wrought window into an oft-ignored subject, mid-life love, and a reminder that grief and joy can live side by side.” (Michelle Richmond, New York Times bestselling author). Exploring the tender humor of two people being newly single again, Lolly Winston’s latest is a funny, wry, and heartfelt examination of finding love when it’s least expected.
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Winston (Good Grief) again explores how the bereaved can manage life when a spouse dies, this time from the male perspective. Rudy Knowles, 54, wakes up to discover that his middle-aged wife, Bethany, has died in her sleep. The life he cobbles together after her death playing piano in a Nordstrom's store; visiting with his adult daughter, CeCe, and his granddaughter, Keira implodes as the one-year anniversary of his wife's death approaches. Additionally, a budding friendship with Sasha, a Nordstrom employee who enjoys Rudy's music and companionship, leaves him feeling both hopeful and guilty about having a new relationship with a woman. Complicating matters, a detective seeks Rudy out, claiming Bethany may have been murdered by a co-worker at her hospital pharmacist job. Depression finally hits Rudy hard and, at CeCe's suggestion, he admits himself to the psych ward of the local hospital to get his life back on track. The author understands how grief connects people (Sasha has her own loss) and how life's problems cause some to lose their footing. Winston injects humor into a tough subject and makes a strong case for honoring the departed by making the most out of life, in this nonsentimental and uplifting story about how to navigate through grief.
