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When successful twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can't explain to even her closest friends why she did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado, and her independent exterior, Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him and more to do with ... her. As the holiday season looms and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: she is assigned to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can't keep his hands to himself; her Grandpa Jack, a charming, feisty octogenarian and the person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alone; and underneath it all, fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remind her that love doesn't last forever. How this brave, original young heroine finally decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaum's marvelous first novel.… (mere)
Cuando Emily Haxby, una exitosa abogada de veintinueve años pone fin a su feliz relación justo cuando su novio está a punto de proponerle matrimonio, no sabe explicar a nadie la razón por que lo hizo. Entre su sentido del humor, sus bravuconadas y su aparente independencia, Emily sabe que su ruptura con Andrew tiene menos que ver con éste que con ella misma. El gran atractivo de la maravillosa primera novela de Julie Buxbaum, colmada de personajes entrañables, reside en el modo en que esta valiente, personal y joven heroína resuelve tomar el control de su propia vida.
"THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE", by Julie Buxbaum, takes one an emotional journey right along with Emily, the young lawyer who tells her own tale. Like most of us, Emily has compartmentalized deep emotional issues and functioned fairly well on a day-to-day basis. What proves to be her undoing, and ultimately her salvation, is the the tenderness with which she is loved by the good-hearted Andrew. When she realizes that Andrew is beginning to think of a permanent commitment, Emily immediately ends their relationship. Things begin to unravel for Emily without Andrew, and she must face many long-postponed issues before she is free to reach out for the joy which awaits. ( )
Emily appears to have it all - Yale law graduate in a high-pressure firm, a boyfriend poised to ask her to marry him and a great place in the city then she decides to discover what love is by looking for its opposite which is not hate but emptiness which causes her to look at what she has been using to fill her life. Looking for the next novel from this first-time author. ( )
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For my dad, with love and gratitude And for my mom, who is loved and remembered, every day
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Your picture is already hanging on the fridge.
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New York, its consistent throb of potential, can be a dangerous place for the overly imaginative; everyone you see is a possible route toward a different future.
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen VidenRedigér teksten, så den bliver dansk.
This I will remember, this overlapping of moments, the four of us standing together, the four of us caught somewhere between holding on and letting go.
When successful twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can't explain to even her closest friends why she did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado, and her independent exterior, Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him and more to do with ... her. As the holiday season looms and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: she is assigned to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can't keep his hands to himself; her Grandpa Jack, a charming, feisty octogenarian and the person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alone; and underneath it all, fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remind her that love doesn't last forever. How this brave, original young heroine finally decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaum's marvelous first novel.
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