Like family
(Book)
"When a young married couple hire a middle-aged widow during the wife, Nora's, difficult pregnancy, they don't realize the dominating force she will become in their small family. Signora A--maid, nanny, and confidante--becomes the glue in their household, and over time, the steady and loving presence whose benign influence allows them to negotiate the complexities of married life. But the delicate fabric of the young family comes undone when Signora A is diagnosed with lung cancer. After she becomes too sick to work, both husband and wife feel the strain of her absence. Moving seamlessly between the past and present, Giordano weaves together the layers of Signora A's devotion and sacrifice--from her early experiences of love during a tragically short marriage, to her adoration of her new surrogate family. Highlighting the joy of youth and the fleeting nature of time with remarkable precision and lyricism, Paolo Giordano gives us a meditation on life, death, and the relationships we build in between. Like Family is not a simple love story; it's a story about love in its many forms, and how a capacity for love can give meaning to any existence, no matter how ordinary"--
Notes
Giordano, P., & Appel, A. M. (2015). Like family. New York, New York, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Giordano, Paolo, 1982- and Anne Milano, Appel. 2015. Like Family. New York, New York, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Giordano, Paolo, 1982- and Anne Milano, Appel, Like Family. New York, New York, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Giordano, Paolo and Anne Milano Appel. Like Family. New York, New York, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2015.
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