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David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his New York Times bestseller one day to a compellingly human, deftly humorous new novel about what holds marriages and families together--and what happens when everything threatens to fall apart.
Douglas Petersen may be mild mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date . . . and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen-year-old son, Albie. Then Connie tells Douglas that she thinks she wants a divorce.
The timing couldn't be worse. Hoping to encourage her son's artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world's greatest works of art as a family, and she can't bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best, anyway? Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage, and may even help him to bond with Albie.
Narrated from Douglas's endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves and learning how to get closer to a son who's always felt like a stranger. Us is a moving meditation on the demands of marriage and parenthood and the intricate relationship between the heart and the head. And in David Nicholls's gifted hands, Douglas's odyssey brings Europe--from the streets of Amsterdam to the famed museums of Paris, from the cafés of Venice to the beaches of Barcelona--to vivid life just as he experiences a powerful awakening of his own. Will this summer be his last as a husband, or the moment when he turns his marriage, and maybe even his whole life, around?
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- Title Us
- Author David Nicholls
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 396
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, New York
- Date 2014-10
- ISBN 9780062365583 / 0062365584
- Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 9.55 x 6.29 x 1.35 in (24.26 x 15.98 x 3.43 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Library Reads
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014015360
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/15/2014, Page 29
- Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2015, Page 11
- Entertainment Weekly, 11/07/2014, Page 61
- Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2014, Page 0
- Library Journal, 06/01/2014, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/01/2014, Page 70
- LJ Top 10 Book, 12/01/2014, Page 27
- New York Times Book Review, 01/04/2015, Page 17
- New Yorker (The), 11/10/2014, Page 78
- People Weekly, 11/03/2014, Page 42
- Publishers Weekly, 10/06/2014, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 11/07/2014, Page 0
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