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Bezig met laden... Half-Truths and Semi-Miracles (A Vintage Short)door Anne Tyler
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley to read in exchange for a fair review. Half-Truths and Semi-Miracles by Anne Tyler is a short story one of the Vintage Shorts published by Vintage Books. It takes place during the Great Depression, Susanna Meader’s Aunt Eunice was suffering from a migraine so in an attempt to sooth her Susanna laid her hands on her and the migraine was cured changing Susanna’s life forever. Anne Tyler’s elegant prose as always delights the reader and if I have any complaints about this story it is that it was too short and I wanted more. Publishing Date May 29, 2018 #HalfTruthsAndSemiMiracles #NetGalley geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The first thing I tell people is, I'm just an ordinary woman. I'm just like you. Susanna has an incredible gift: she can heal ailments with just the touch of her hand. People travel from far and wide based on their faith in her abilities. But Susanna's power only works in certain cases--it's a semi-miracle. And as she grows into a woman, and tries to build a life of her own, her calling to fix and cure becomes more of a burden than she could ever have imagined. Why is she able to take people's pain away sometimes, and not others, not when she needs to most of all? With the balm of time, and the wisdom of experience, Susanna must learn to live with the mysterious nature of her miracle. Available to readers for the first time since its initial publication, this is a wry and moving story by an American master. "Not merely good . . . she is wickedly good." --John Updike Look for Clock Dance, the charming new novel from Anne Tyler, available this July. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Susanna is an ordinary woman whose gift to heal people by touching them is discovered when she was seventeen. As word of her God-given power to heal spreads, the gift her touch seems to bestow on some people also becomes a burden she has to bear. This is a wonderful short story!
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Penguin Random House via Netgalley. ( )