Interpretations of Love – hinnat ja saatavuus

A profounddebut novel that explores complicated love, secrets, and familialmisunderstandings from the celebrated octogenarian author of the"trail-blazing" (Oprah Daily) collection Cat BrushingIt's the weekof Dr. Agnes Stacey's only daughter's wedding, and each of the eleven attendeesof the small family gathering is bringing their own simmering tensions to theevent. Agnes' uncle, Professor MalcolmMiller, has harbored a family secret since her parents - his sister and brotherin law - died in a car crash when she was a young girl. Dr. Joseph Bradshaw, who distantly married into the family, has nursed a secret obsession with Agnessince his brief stint as her therapist. Agnes herself will be returning to herex-husband's home for the first time, just as she's trying to extricate herselffrom a potent love affair. Each of themhas the tools to analyze the love lives of others, yet find themselves unable torecognize the love in their own lives. And though they've each muddled throughpainful years in emotional isolation, only Malcolm knows that the origins oftheir thwarted attachments all lie in the same English seaside town. Wherebetter to lay bare the failures and secrets of one's advancing age than at anintimate celebration of love? In this incisiveand involving debut novel, Campbell parses the fraught inner lives of ordinarypeople doing their best to process the aftershocks of war, the parenting theydo and don't receive, and the many different forms love can take in one family.