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Indlæser... The Last Laugh: A Novel (2017)af Lynn Freed
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I guess I was expecting a mature version of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants but the only connection between the two is the setting in Greece. I thought I’d have a lot in common with the three friends in their 70’s who come to Greece for an extended holiday, but I connected with none of them or their families. ( ) The Last Laugh is the story of three sixty-nine-year-old women who decide to take a break from their families for a year. Now, if you're thinking The Enchanted April, you're halfway right. Ruth, Bess and Dania decide to go to a Greek Island. But, things don't turn out as they planned. Family is not so easily left behind, and soon Bess' son Wilfrid and his partner Tarquin and their adopted baby Mohammed descend on the women. They are followed by a psychotic patient of Dania's and ex-lovers. The events of the year are both hilarious and frightening. Freed shows that age doesn't always bring wisdom, or fewer emotions, contrary to what Ruth, the narrator, might think: "Anyway, we said, passion had accomplished its chief work, at least from a biological point of view -- children and grandchildren. What we wanted now was peace." They might not achieve peace, but it is a good story. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
"A witty new novel about three self-proclaimed "old bags" who run off to a Greek island... Since their children left home, Ruth, Dania, and Bess have grown used to living wonderfully free lives. Only now they're beset by children again--this time, their grandchildren. In order to escape, they decide to run away to Greece together for a year. At first, settled on a glorious island, barefoot and contented, they think they've rediscovered the wheel. But then things begin to go awry. Dionysus, a local poet, takes up with Bess, at least until his wife gets wind of things. Dania, a therapist, is being stalked by one of her patients. And Ruth's ex-lover turns up out of the blue, closely followed by the man who lost Bess her fortune. It doesn't help when the children and grandchildren also start turning up whenever they feel like it. As Bess writes in one of Ruth's weekly "Granny à Go Go" columns, this is not an Enchanted April sort of year. Lynn Freed's previous novels have received rave reviews everywhere from The New York Times Book Review ("Makes us laugh while packing, finally, a punch"), to the Los Angeles Times Book Review ("Deeply absorbing and ambitious. Astonishingly vivid"). In The Last Laugh she returns with a beautifully written and funny novel about money, sex, friendship, and the pleasures and perils of children. "--
"Three women in their sixties go off to live in Greece for a year, only to have their children, grandchildren, and past lovers invade what was supposed to be a relaxing getaway"-- No library descriptions found. |
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