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Ask Again, Yes - The gripping, emotional and life-affirming New York Times bestseller (Hardcover): Mary Beth Keane

Ask Again, Yes - The gripping, emotional and life-affirming New York Times bestseller (Hardcover)

Mary Beth Keane

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & RADIO 2 SUMMER BOOK CLUB PICK A PRIMA BOOK OF THE YEAR! 'I ABSOLUTELY ADORED IT' Liane Moriarty 'IMMERSIVE AND DEEPLY MOVING' Anna Hope, author of Expectation _____________ A gripping and compassionate drama of two families linked by chance, love and tragedy. Gillam, upstate New York: a town of ordinary, big-lawned suburban houses. The Gleesons have recently moved there and soon welcome the Stanhopes as their new neighbours. Lonely Lena Gleeson wants a friend but Anne Stanhope - cold, elegant, unstable - wants to be left alone. It's left to their children - Lena's youngest, Kate, and Anne's only child, Peter - to find their way to one another. To form a friendship whose resilience and love will be almost broken by the fault line dividing both families, and by the terrible tragedy that will engulf them all. A tragedy whose true origins only become clear many years later . . . A story of love and redemption, faith and forgiveness, Ask Again, Yes reveals the way childhood memories change when viewed from the distance of adulthood - villains lose their menace, and those who appeared innocent seem less so. A story of how, if we're lucky, the violence lurking beneath everyday life can be vanquished by the power of love. If you enjoy Celeste Ng, Elizabeth Strout and Ann Patchett you will love this stunning novel. _____________ 'Keane is a nuanced observer' The Sunday Times 'A remarkable achievement' Sunday Express 'Has the makings of a future classic' Daily Mirror 'It's an absolute stunner, an ode to family and forgiveness that has been crafted with compassion and insight' Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton 'Both thoughtful and powerful' Hannah Beckerman, i News 'I absolutely adored Ask Again, Yes' Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies 'Powerful and moving' Meg Wolitzer, author of The Wife 'Full of life lessons' BBC Radio 4 Open Book 'One of my best books of the year' Prima 'A beautiful novel, bursting at the seams with empathy' Elle

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Imprint: Michael Joseph
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 2019
Authors: Mary Beth Keane
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 978-0-241-41090-5
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN: 0-241-41090-8
Barcode: 9780241410905

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Fri, 23 Aug 2019 | Review by: Breakaway R.

“The only love is kindness.” This is a story of a dysfunctional family and of the collateral damage of addiction. It is also a story of an individual who, because he is loved, is able to overcome at last the damage inflicted on him in childhood. Ask Again, Yes is the moving story of two Irish immigrants, neighbouring families in a New York suburb and the love between two children that endures through traumatic childhoods into adulthood. Both fathers are NYC policeman – but the Gleesons are a stable family with three daughters and the Stanhopes (who have only one son, Peter) are a family fractured by mental health problems and later alcohol addiction. This is primarily Peter’s story – the story of a young boy, abandoned by both parents – his mother because of mental illness and his father because he just cannot stand anymore. Peter struggles with the terrible legacy of damage and addiction left to him by his parents and is only able, at last, to overcome his problems and alcohol addiction because of the great love he and his childhood sweetheart (later his wife and mother of his children), Kate Gleeson have for each other. Anne Stanhope’s psychosis manifests itself after several miscarriages and the birth of a stillborn child. Peter is her only living offspring. She is unfortunate enough to live in an era (the 1970s) when her burgeoning problems were ignored rather than treated, and she is often a profoundly unsympathetic person. Peter struggles as a child to protect her, feeling guilty when he fails to do so and suffering from chronic anxiety as he walks on eggshells, trying not to upset her, never knowing what he will find when he returns home. A tragic and catastrophic accident occurs, which tears both families apart. How Peter and Kate struggle to re-find each other and overcome the toxic legacy of their shared past is the main thrust of the story. This book is not an easy read. The narrative sags at times and the characters can seem all on one note as human beings rarely are, but in her treatment of mental illness and addiction and the collateral damage, it does to families the author shows profound understanding, knowledge and unsentimental compassion that is masterful. This is a thoughtful and perceptive book. Even though the writing occasionally falters, the understanding never does. Everyone should read it. Charlotte Gower Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.

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