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There are two sides to every story - and every marriage in crisis . . .
Malcolm, bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar, and when his boss finally retires, he seizes his chance.
His wife, Jess, has devoted herself to her law career, but after years of trying for a baby, she's struggling to accept the idea that motherhood might not be in her future. She finds herself slipping away from both her career and her marriage. The bar is Malcolm's dream, and as she feels her youth start to fade, she wonders how to reshape her own life.
When a blizzard hits their upstate New York town on the same day that Malcolm learns some shocking news about Jess, and a regular at the bar goes missing, everyone is frozen in place for a single, pivotal week, forcing Malcolm and Jess to confront their uncertain future.
The Half Moon carefully explores a marriage in crisis, what it takes to make a life with another person, and the true meaning of family.
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The Half Moon
Mary Beth Keane
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R485
R374
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"An insightful, riveting study of marriage." --People From the
bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a masterful and "absorbing"
(The New York Times) novel about a couple in a small town
navigating the complexities of marriage, family, and longing.
Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the
Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss
finally retires, Malcolm stretches to buy the place. He sees
unquantifiable magic and potential in the Half Moon and hopes to
transform it into a bigger success, but struggles to stay afloat.
His smart and confident wife, Jess, has devoted herself to her law
career. After years of trying for a baby, she is facing the idea
that motherhood may not be in the cards for her. Like Malcolm, she
feels her youth beginning to slip away and wonders how to reshape
her future. "A quick and impactful read that will stay with you
long after you finish it" (theSkimm), The Half Moon takes place
over the course of one week when Malcolm learns shocking news about
Jess, a patron of the bar goes missing, and a blizzard hits the
town of Gillam, trapping everyone in place. With a deft eye and
generous spirit, Mary Beth Keane explores the disappointments and
unexpected consolations of midlife, the many forms forgiveness can
take, the complicated intimacy of small-town living, and what it
means to be a family.
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Fever (Paperback)
Mary Beth Keane
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R478
R400
Discovery Miles 4 000
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"Mary Beth Keane, "named one of the "5 Under 35 "by the National
Book Foundation, has written a spectacularly bold and intriguing
novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first person in
America identified as a healthy carrier of Typhoid Fever.
On the eve of the twentieth century, Mary Mallon emigrated from
Ireland at age fifteen to make her way in New York City. Brave,
headstrong, and dreaming of being a cook, she fought to climb up
from the lowest rung of the domestic-service ladder. Canny and
enterprising, she worked her way to the kitchen, and discovered in
herself the true talent of a chef. Sought after by New York
aristocracy, and with an independence rare for a woman of the time,
she seemed to have achieved the life she'd aimed for when she
arrived in Castle Garden. Then one determined "medical engineer"
noticed that she left a trail of disease wherever she cooked, and
identified her as an "asymptomatic carrier" of Typhoid Fever. With
this seemingly preposterous theory, he made Mallon a hunted woman.
The Department of Health sent Mallon to North Brother Island, where
she was kept in isolation from 1907 to 1910, then released under
the condition that she never work as a cook again. Yet for
Mary--proud of her former status and passionate about cooking--the
alternatives were abhorrent. She defied the edict.
Bringing early-twentieth-century New York alive--the neighborhoods,
the bars, the park carved out of upper Manhattan, the boat traffic,
the mansions and sweatshops and emerging skyscrapers--"Fever "is an
ambitious retelling of a forgotten life. In the imagination of Mary
Beth Keane, Mary Mallon becomes a fiercely compelling, dramatic,
vexing, sympathetic, uncompromising, and unforgettable heroine.
The highly-anticipated and brilliantly written new novel from New
York Times bestseller Mary Beth Keane 'Best Book of 2023' in Vogue,
Entertainment Weekly, People, Book Page, Literary Hub 'It's such a
pleasure to sink into Keane's quietly luminous prose . . . she
manages to find the extraordinary grace in our achingly ordinary
world' NEW YORK TIMES'Mary Beth Keane writes to the heart of the
human heart . . . I could not put this book down' MIRANDA COWLEY
HELLER'Prepare to lose yourself in this book' SARA
COLLINS'Compelling, touching, exquisitely crafted' LIANE
MORIARTY___________ There are two sides to every story - and every
marriage in crisis . . . Malcolm, bartender at the Half Moon, has
always dreamed of owning a bar, and when his boss finally retires,
he seizes his chance. His wife, Jess, has devoted herself to her
law career, but after years of trying for a baby, she's struggling
to accept the idea that motherhood might not be in her future. She
finds herself slipping away from both her career and her marriage.
The bar is Malcolm's dream, and as she feels her youth start to
fade, she wonders how to reshape her own life. When a blizzard hits
their upstate New York town on the same day that Malcolm learns
some shocking news about Jess, and a regular at the bar goes
missing, everyone is frozen in place for a single, pivotal week,
forcing Malcolm and Jess to confront their uncertain future. The
Half Moon carefully explores a marriage in crisis, what it takes to
make a life with another person, and the true meaning of
family.___________ **An Indie Next Pick and Amazon Editor's Pick**
'Her insights into matters of the heart, longing and restlessness
especially, have astonishing delicacy' US VOGUE 'Allows us to look
around our own lives with respect and kindness, and is therefore a
great gift' ANN NAPOLITANO 'A quietly marvellous story of dreams,
disappointments and second chances, but, mostly, love' CHARMAINE
WILKERSON, New York Times bestselling author of BLACK CAKE
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND RADIO 2 SUMMER BOOK CLUB PICK
'The new Little Fires Everywhere . . . The perfect summer read'
STYLIST 'Stunning! An absolutely brilliant, gorgeously-written
novel. A must-read for our time' LISA TADDEO, author of Three Women
'Immersive and deeply moving' ANNA HOPE, author of Expectation 'I
absolutely adored it' LIANE MORIARTY, bestselling author of Big
Little Lies _____________ Two ordinary families. One life-changing
day . . . When the Gleesons and the Stanhopes become 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 a tragedy that will engulf them all. A
tragedy whose true origins only become clear many years later . . .
When everything has fallen apart, can their children's love pull it
back together again? _____________ A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN PRIMA,
VOGUE, PEOPLE, ELLE AND NPR 'It's an absolute stunner, an ode to
family and forgiveness that has been crafted with compassion and
insight' Sara Collins, bestselling author of The Confessions of
Frannie Langton 'Keane takes on one of the most difficult problems
in fiction - how to write about human decency . . . a compelling
case for compassion over blame, understanding over grudge, and the
resilience of hearts that can accept the contradictions of love'
Louise Erdrich, National Book Award winning author of The Round
House 'Leaves one shaking one's head in frank admiration. A
triumph' Matthew Thomas, bestselling author of We Are Not Ourselves
**THE HALF MOON, the new novel by Mary Beth Keane, is available to
pre-order now!**
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Fever (Paperback)
Mary Beth Keane
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R473
R306
Discovery Miles 3 060
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Fever casts a brilliant light over the life of a figure once
described as 'the most dangerous woman in America'. Mary Mallon, an
Irish immigrant in turn-of-the-century New York, is headstrong and
brave, a woman who has battled fiercely to better her lot in life
and keep her wayward lover Alfred on the straight and narrow. She
works her way up the ranks to cook for the wealthiest families in
Manhattan, but leaves a trail of death and disease in her wake.
When she is imprisoned in complete isolation, despite being
perfectly healthy herself, she refuses to understand her
paradoxical situation. Condemned by press and public alike, she is
branded a murderer, but continues to fight for her freedom. Mary
Beth Keane's fictional account is as fiercely compelling as Typhoid
Mary herself and Keane presents us with a very cleverly wrought
conundrum: was Mary Mallon a selfish monster, or was she a hounded
innocent?
THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NOVEL OF NEW BEGINNINGS AND OLD FAMILY
SECRETS FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ASK AGAIN,
YES 'A fearless writer' LISA TADDEO 'An epic story about
immigration, identity and family' Guardian 'Atmospheric, moving and
brilliantly well-written' Daily Mail 'Engrossing . . . the kind of
novel you simply don't want to end' Daily Express 'A beautifully
crafted novel about love, loyalty, culture, family and identity'
Irish Sunday Independent ______ 1960s Rural Ireland. Greta Cahill
must abandon her quiet village to follow her fearless sister
Johanna onto a ship bound for New York . . . It's here that she
steps out of her sister's shadow and into a life of her own, rich
with love, work and family. As the years pass Greta longs to
revisit the past - to see her mother, to show her what she has made
of herself. But she must protect a family secret, decades old. So
when her children conspire to unite the worlds she's kept so
carefully apart, Greta fears she could lose it all . . . A
profoundly moving, compassionate story of self-discovery, The
Walking People is a powerful and compelling story about our
connection to the past. ______ 'A novel of great compassion and
understanding . . . rich with story' JOHN BOYNE on Ask Again, Yes
'Keane's previous novel Ask Again, Yes, was on my best Books of
2019, and this is just as good. Its slow, melodic pace proves we
don't always need fast action and twists' Prima, 'Best Books of
March' 'The characters are so well drawn and out of the ordinary
that I was quickly drawn into their story and didn't want it to
end' 5***** Reader Review 'The story becomes so engrossing it grows
on you with its real and engaging characters ... a very moving and
original love story' Irish Examiner 'A gorgeous nostalgic family
drama with real characters. Loved it' 5***** Reader Review Praise
for Mary Beth Keane: 'A fearless writer' Lisa Taddeo, author of
Three Women 'A novel of great compassion and understanding . . .
rich with story' John Boyne 'I'll read everything she writes' Liane
Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies 'A writer of extraordinary
depth, feeling and wit' Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female
Persuasion 'Immersive and deeply moving' Anna Hope, author of
Expectation '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 **THE HALF
MOON, the new novel by Mary Beth Keane, is available to pre-order
now!**
Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west
of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York,
along with her sister Johanna and a boy named Michael Ward. Labeled
a "softheaded goose" by her family, Greta discovers that in America
she can fall in love, raise her own family, and earn a living.
Though she longs to return and show her family what she has made of
herself, her decision to spare her children knowledge of a secret
in her past forces her to keep her life in New York separate from
the life she once loved in Ireland, and tears her apart from the
people she is closest to. Even fifty years later, when the Ireland
of her memory bears little resemblance to that of present day, she
fears that it is still possible to lose all when she discovers that
her children--with the best of intentions-- have conspired to unite
the worlds she's so carefully kept separate for decades. A
beautifully old-fashioned novel, The Walking People has remarkable
range and power.
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