KAUI HART HEMMINGS

In the idyllic ski resort of Breckenridge, there''s trouble in paradise for Sarah St. John. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche, and she is trying to pick up the pieces of her life. All Sarah wants is to be left alone in her grief, but everyone seems to want something from her.Her father, a retiree who has become addicted to the shopping channel, has moved into her basement. Her best friend is juggling a messy divorce and a new found habit of smoking pot. And then there''s Cully''s father, whose sudden reemergence in Sarah''s life stirs a cauldron of emotions. Just as Sarah is ready to face the world, a girl called Kit appears on her doorstep. And Sarah is confronted with the hardest decision yet.Told in Kaui Hart Hemmings'' unsentimental and refreshingly wry style, this is a novel about what we will risk to keep our loved ones close - a novel full of hope, humour and love.

Descendant de l’un des plus grands propriétaires terriens de l’île d’Hawaii, Matthew King voit son destin basculer le jour où son épouse, la belle et frivole Joanie, sombre dans le coma après un grav

Like the wonderful Anne Tyler, Hemmings writes witty, immersive, immensely readable and deeply humane fiction about entirely believable characters." (Metro). Sarah St. John is reeling. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche and, much as she'd like to be left alone to grieve quietly, no one will let her. Her father, a retired shopping channel addict has moved into her basement. Her best friend, a divorce who always manages to say the wrong thing, has become something of a life-coach. And then there's Cully's father, whose sudden re-emergence in Sarah's life stirs a cauldron of emotions. Just as Sarah is ready to face the world, a girl called Kit appears on her doorstep. And she's got a secret that will change all their lives forever.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Descendantsa funny, insightful, and unsentimental (People, 4 stars) novel about a grieving mother and the shocking surprise that may help her reclaim her hold on life.In the idyllic ski town of Breckenridge, Colorado, Sarah St. John is reeling. Three months ago, her twenty-two-year-old son, Cully, died in an avalanche. Sarahs father, a retiree, tries to distract her from her grief with gadgets from the home shopping channel. Sarahs best friend offers life advice by venting details of her own messy divorce. Even Cullys father reemerges, stirring more emotions and confusion than Sarah needs. But Sarah feels she is facing the stages of griefthe anger, the sadness, the letting goalone; she desperately wants to hear the swoosh of her sons ski pants, or watch him skateboard past her window. And one day a strange girl arrives on her doorstep. Unexpected and unexplained, she bears a secret from Cully that could change all of their lives forever.With wry wit and intuition, Kaui Hart Hemmings highlights the subtle poignancies of grief and relationships in this stunning look at people faced with impossible choices. Called surprisingly entertaining (The New York Times Book Review) and familiar yet richly, astutely observant and reflective (The Boston Globe), The Possibilities brilliantly portrays tragic ineffability with grace and hope.

Mommyhood gets hilariously tricky in this novel from the author of The Descendents (Cosmopolitan). How to Party With an Infant follows a quirky single mom who finds friendship and love in this smart, funny send-up of modern motherhood, San Francisco-style (San Francisco Chronicle).When Mele Bart told her boyfriend Bobby she was pregnant with his child, he stunned her with an announcement of his own: he was engaged to someone else.Fast forward two years, Meles daughter Ellie is a toddler, and Bobby and his fiancee want Ellie to be the flower girl at their wedding. Mele, who also has agreed to attend the nuptials, knows she cant continue obsessing about Bobby and his cheese making, Napa-residing, fiancee. She needs something to do. So she answers a questionnaire provided by the San Francisco Mommy Club in elaborate and shocking detail and decides to enter their cookbook writing contest. Even though she joined the group out of desperation, Mele has found her people: Annie, Barrett, Georgia, and Henry (a stay-at-home dad). As the wedding date approaches, Mele uses her friends stories to inspire recipes and find comfort, both.The delicious (The Seattle Times) How to Party with an Infant is a hilarious and poignant novel from Kaui Hart Hemmings, who has an uncanny ability to make disastrous romances and tragic circumstances not only relatable and funny, but unforgettable. [Hemmings] perfectly captures modern parenthood among the privileged and, with moments of concise poignancy, the silent shames of motherhood...The pleasure of Hemmingss levity and wisdom more than sustain the reader. We cheer for her warm, self-deprecating characters and hope they continue to laugh together instead of crying alone (The New York Times Book Review).

A descendant of one of Hawaiis largest landowners, Matt King finds his luck changed when his fun-loving, filghty wife Joanie falls into a coma, victim of a boating accident. Matt is left in sole charge of his two daughters, teenage ex-model and recovering drug addict Alex, and Scottie, a feisty ten-year-old. And then Matt discovers Joanie has been having an affair. Deciding to seek out Joanies lover so that he too has a chance to say his goodbyes, Matt takes to the road with his daughters on a memorable journey of painful revelations and unexpected humour...

LA APACIBLE vida de Matt King, reputado abogado y heredero del principal latifundio de Hawái, ha dado un vuelco: tiene que tomar una decisión sobre una venta de tierras que afectará a media isla y su mujer acaba de entrar en coma. Pasadas tres semanas, Matt no tiene más remedio que asumir que el estado de su mujer no va a cambiar y deberá sacar fuerzas de flaqueza para recomponer su vida familiar y afrontar, junto a sus jóvenes hijas, Scottie y Alex, el viaje emocional necesario mpara afrontar la pérdida. Una historia atractiva, humana y emotiva cargada de ironía y sentido del humor.

Cuando la tragedia llama a tu puerta, jamás imaginas que todavía puede quedar lugar para la felicidad. En la idílica población de Breckenridge, Colorado, conocida por su majestuoso paisaje y por sus pistas de esqui, Sarah St. John ha visto hacerse realidad el peor temor de una madre: sobrevivir a un hijo. Han pasado tres meses desde que Cully perdio la vida en una avalancha, y Sarah no consigue levantar cabeza a pesar de los esfuerzos de su padre y su mejor amiga Suzanne. Se siente mas perdida que nunca. Solo existe su duelo. Nada mas. Le parece imposible llegar a recuperarse de algo asi... Pasa de la rabia y la frustracion a una profunda tristeza que se apodera de ella. Sarah solo aspira a sentir un poco de paz, y entonces un nuevo giro del destino le demuestra que todavia hay esperanza, una posibilidad de volver a ser feliz. Ocurre el dia en que conoce a Kit, una joven llena de secretos que tambien se siente profundamente desorientada. Una conmovedora historia sobre la superacion, decisiones que parecen imposibles y las posibilidades que surgen cuando crees que ya lo has perdido todo. La critica ha dicho:Sorprendentemente entretenido, Un mundo de posibilidades es una novela sobre como seguir adelante aunque estemos atormentados.New York Times Book Review Hemmings aligera la tragedia con humor, evita el sentimentalismo y ofrece personajes muy atractivos a los lectores.Booklist Para los lectores que disfrutan con personajes actuales, de echarse unas risas y de un buen harton de llorar.Library Journal

Cuando la tragedia llama a tu puerta, jamás imaginas que todavía puede quedar lugar para la felicidad.En la idílica población de Breckenridge, Colorado, conocida por su majestuoso paisaje y por sus pistas de esqui, Sarah St. John ha visto hacerse realidad el peor temor de una madre: sobrevivir a un hijo. Han pasado tres meses desde que Cully perdio la vida en una avalancha, y Sarah no consigue levantar cabeza a pesar de los esfuerzos de su padre y su mejor amiga Suzanne. Se siente mas perdida que nunca. Solo existe su duelo. Nada mas. Le parece imposible llegar a recuperarse de algo asi... Pasa de la rabia y la frustracion a una profunda tristeza que se apodera de ella.Sarah solo aspira a sentir un poco de paz, y entonces un nuevo giro del destino le demuestra que todavia hay esperanza, una posibilidad de volver a ser feliz. Ocurre el dia en que conoce a Kit, una joven llena de secretos que tambien se siente profundamente desorientada.Una conmovedora historia sobre la superacion, decisiones que parecen imposibles y las posibilidades que surgen cuando crees que ya lo has perdido todo.La critica ha dicho: Sorprendentemente entretenido, Un mundo de posibilidades es una novela sobre como seguir adelante aunque estemos atormentados.New York Times Book ReviewHemmings aligera la tragedia con humor, evita el sentimentalismo y ofrece personajes muy atractivos a los lectores.BooklistPara los lectores que disfrutan con personajes actuales, de echarse unas risas y de un buen harton de llorar.Library Journal