Heart the Lover: A Novel
Littérature générale (romans), Oeuvres littéraires (romans)
Audio avec voix de synthèse, Braille automatisé
Résumé
“Lily King is one of our great literary treasures.”—Madeline MillerFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes an intimate and sweeping new novel of love and friendship—a journey into the heart of youth and middle age, desire and loss, and… the intricate bonds that shape our livesOur bright narrator is a college senior quietly dreaming of becoming a writer when she meets Sam and Yash, best friends and the golden boys of the English Department. Top-of-the-class Honors students, they live at the stately home of a favorite professor on sabbatical and can banter about Joyce and Fitzgerald like a game of rapid-fire tennis. The two nickname her Jordan and invite her into their magnetic world where her college experience is forever altered. As graduation approaches, the lines between love and friendship blur, and Jordan finds herself caught in a life-changing triangle.Decades later, her writing career is thriving, but motherhood is full of challenges. When she receives unexpected news that brings the past crashing into the present, Jordan returns to a world she thought she left behind. Written with the superb wit and emotional sensitivity fans and critics have come to adore, King explores a tangled lattice of friendship, love, family and uncertainty that celebrates how we love, who we love, and all the complexity a single heart can hold.