Taffy BrodesserAkner Livres

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble comes a darkly exhilarating novel about an American family's legacy of safety and wealth, and the precariousness of their survival. In 1980, Carl Fletcher, a wealthy businessman, is kidnapped from his Long Island driveway, brutalized, and held for ransom before being returned to his family. Miraculously, they move on, resuming their roles in the American dream. However, nearly forty years later, Carl's mother's death brings long-simmering trauma to the surface. It becomes clear that Carl has been quietly seeking closure regarding his kidnapping, forcing his wife and children to confront the harsh truth that their wealth never guaranteed their safety. This novel spans generations, weaving through decades of history and exploring themes of American Jewish life, wealth, trauma, and the essence of the American soul. Praised for its elegance and depth, it has been described as "shocking, tender, profound and delicious" by Emily Maitlis, and "lavishly comic" by The Times. Critics hail it as a substantive and profound work, blending enjoyment with greatness, making it a must-read for the year.

Finally free from his nightmare marriage, Toby Fleishman is ready for a life of online dating and weekend-only parental duties. But as he optimistically looks to a future that is wildly different from the one he imagined, his life turns upside-down as his ex-wife, Rachel, suddenly disappears.While Toby tries to find out what happened - juggling work, kids and his new, app-assisted sexual popularity - his tidy narrative of a spurned husband is his sole consolation. But if he ever wants to really understand where Rachel went and what really happened to his marriage, he is going to have to consider that he might not have seen it all that clearly in the first place . . .

Rachel, která vyrůstala bez prostředků a bez blízké rodiny, se vydává vstříc životu, o kterém od dětství snila – vstříc jasné a zářivé vizi ve znamení sňatku s lékařem Tobym, člověkem zvyklým na hmotný dostatek i na síť rodinných pout. První dvě desetiletí jejich soužití jsounaplněny drobnými rodičovskými výhrami i zklamáními, ale taky opakovanými spory s Tobym kvůli naprostým maličkostem v jejich životě – kvůli nimž se ale nikdy nedostanou k tomu, aby se spolu doopravdy zamysleli nad perspektivou jejich života. Rachel žije karikaturu štěstí a bojí se sama sebe zeptat, jak to s jejím štěstím je doopravdy. Přes všechny společenské a hmotné úspěchy si uvědomuje, že vlastně pořád balancuje na hraně a současně má neodbytný pocit, že ji život o něco ochudil, že jí přináší mnohem méně, než na začátku čekala – a že její manželství může skončit katastrofou. Román o páru žijícím v manželství, pod jehož pokličkou to mnoho let doutná, se po vydání dočkal velmi příznivého přijetí: ocitl se na seznamu nejlepších knih napsaných ženami a brzy nato se stal předlohou pro filmovou sérii.