What We Keep
A Novel
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- 69,00 kr
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- 69,00 kr
Publisher Description
“BERG KNOWS THE HEARTS OF HER CHARACTERS INTIMATELY, showing them with compassion, humor, and an illuminating generosity.”
–The Seattle Times
“BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN . . . [Ginny Young] crosses the country for a reluctant reunion with the mother she has not seen in 35 years. During the long hours of her flight, she returns in memory to the summer when she turned 12 and her family turned inside out. . . . What We Keep is about ties that are buried but not broken, wounds that are dressed but never heal, and love that changes form but somehow survives.”
–USA Today
“COMPELLING . . . Reading [this] book is like having an intimate conversation with a friend who is baring her soul.”
–Charleston Post and Courier
“TOUCHING . . . WHAT WE KEEP IS SOMETHING OF VALUE.”
–San Antonio Express-News
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Elizabeth Berg's Once Upon a Time, There Was You.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The relationship between a mother and daughter can be beautiful, frustrating, and complicated—as veteran novelist Elizabeth Berg clearly understands. Her novel centers around fiftysomething Ginny, who hasn’t spoken to her mother, Marion, since she was a teenager. But when Ginny’s terminally ill sister requests that her family reunite, Ginny reluctantly agrees. As she flies across the country, Ginny reminisces about her childhood and the mysterious bohemian her mother befriended before the family split apart, but when she finally reconnects with her mother it becomes clear she never knew the full story. Berg’s smooth, dialogue-heavy writing makes What We Keep a quick read you could easily finish in a weekend, but the story’s themes of memory and loss will stick with you for a long while.
