![]() ![]() ![]() Members get free access to 10,000+ audiobooks and 100+ million+ podcast episodes. A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their. Talking at night, Addie and Louis relive the departures that have marked their lives and debate whether there is an afterlife. Signup for a Free Trial and get 3 Audiobooks Free, 2 books a month after. Softly written, heart-rending, a poignant novel that will touch your souls. Our Souls at Night, however, provides a startling coda. This novel is a profound homage to love and companionship. But it can be real, and in this beautiful story, we can at least believe it. Their brave adventures - their pleasures and their difficulties - are hugely involving and truly resonant, making Our Souls at Night the perfect final installment to this beloved writers enduring contribution to American literature. Like freedom, also, it’s never secure it can’t be forever. Perhaps happiness is less predictable than misery, because it gives a sense of freedom. Our Souls at Night is a simple, graceful and tender story of elderly Louis and Addie who while seeking companionship share a touching relationship, quietly at. Of course, the town gossips, and their children disapprove – but they don’t care!Īs children, instead of supporting our widowed parents, should we judge them based on choices they make? So what they were married once? Every individual has a right to feel happiness. Please describe The Night Eaters for our readers. The Last Goodbye: A Novel: Lucas, Fiona: 9780063036383 Last Night at Chateau Marmont: A Novel: Weisberger, Lauren One Night Only (The Extravagant Book 1 - The Lost Night: A Novel: Bartz, Andrea: 9780525574712 What Happened That Night: A Novel: Block, Sandra Just Last Night: A Novel: Amazon. 20 Off Select Books A Very Murdery Sale: 20 Off Select Mystery Books Authors of Korean Heritage. Slowly, an easy camaraderie develops between them. Lost Souls Recovered by Eric Walker available in Hardcover on, also read synopsis and reviews. Most of their story is about reminiscing about the past – their lives with their respective spouses, their children, things they did wrong, things they could have done better, their dreams, hopes and aspirations. ![]() The letters BC denote books recommended for book clubs.So, start the night visits by Louis – without sex, just to talk in the dark and provide the easy comfort of physical company. If Haruf (who died in November at age 71) hadnt titled his previous book Benediction (2013), that might have. I use the language of food to categorize books that I read and review: C C: Chinese Carryout (page-turners, great for plane rides), D: Dessert (delightful indulgences), DC: Diet Coke and Gummi Bears (young adult books), G: Gourmet (exquisite writing requiring concentration), GPR: Grandma’s Pot Roast (books that get your attention and stick with you), GS Grits, Southern Fried Chicken, and Pineapple Upside Down Cake (distinctly evocative of the American South), OC: Over Cooked (good ingredients, but overwritten), PP: Pigeon Pie (historical fiction, parts or all of the novel set at least 50 years ago), PBJ: Peanut Butter and Jelly (children’s books adults will like), R: Road Food (audio books for road trips), SBP: Sweet Bean Paste (international literature), SF: Soul Food (spirituality, theology, books for your soul), SN: Super Nutrition (lots of information, yet tasty as fresh blueberries), S: Sushi with Green Tea Sorbet (satire, irony, black humor, acquired taste), T: Tapas (small bites including short stories, essays, and poetry), D: Dessert (sheer delight). A sweet love story about the twilight years. To ring true, description of even the humblest kind of fulfilment and contentment must be written in awareness of human inadequacy and cruelty and the possibility of illness, ruin, death. Thicker Than Blood by Jan English Leary.A Walk in the Animal Kingdom by Jerry Dennis. ![]()
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