Emma Straub
Auteur de The Vacationers
A propos de l'auteur
Emma Straub is an author, a bookseller, and a staff writer for Rookie. Her fiction and non-fiction works have been published in The Paris Review Daily, Time, and The New York Times. Her novels include Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, Other People We Married, The Vacationers and Modern Lovers. afficher plus (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Emma Straub
Amantes Modernos (Em Portugues do Brasil) 1 exemplaire
Somos todos adultos aqui 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-one Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most (2013) — Contributeur — 95 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1980-04-25
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Études
- Oberlin College (BA|2002)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (MFA|2008) - Professions
- novelist
bookseller - Relations
- Straub, Peter (father)
Fusco-Straub, Michael (husband) - Organisations
- Books Are Magic
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 5,002
- Popularité
- #5,011
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 303
- ISBN
- 124
- Langues
- 11
- Favoris
- 3
Even though Alice vacillates between 40 and 16, Alice at 40 really resonated with me—that restlessness that comes when you’re suddenly (and anxiously) both looking behind you with regret and looking forward with fear. It’s in some of Alice’s transports between past and present, trying to piece together the puzzle of her life, that lost a bit of the momentum for me. But it’s in the heavy moments with Leonard and the full moments with Sam and the quiet moments with herself that enraptured me. And it’s the message of hope that inspired me, understanding that no matter the life, no matter the circumstance: “Joy is coming…. You just gotta keep your eyes open and look for it’” (232).
This poignant read is definitely worth your time if any of this appeals to you: father-daughter relationships, the setting and social norms of a New Yorker, ‘90s nostalgia, time travel, seeing yourself at 16, resetting your life to counter that restlessness because: “Any story could be a comedy or a tragedy, depending on where you ended it. That was the magic, how the same story could be told an infinite number of ways” (306).… (plus d'informations)