The Resource Akin : a novel, Emma Donoghue
Akin : a novel, Emma Donoghue
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- Summary
- "Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower living on the Upper West Side, but born in the South of France. He is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing with him a handful of puzzling photos he's discovered from his mother's wartime years. But he receives a call from social services: Noah is the closest available relative of an eleven-year-old great-nephew he's never met, who urgently needs someone to look after him. Out of a feeling of obligation, Noah agrees to take Michael along on his trip. Much has changed in this famously charming seaside mecca, still haunted by memories of the Nazi occupation. The unlikely duo, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, bicker about everything from steak fries to screen time. But Noah gradually comes to appreciate the boy's truculent wit, and Michael's ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family's past. Both come to grasp the risks people in all eras have run for their loved ones, and find they are more akin than they knew. Written with all the tenderness and psychological intensity that made Room an international bestseller, Akin is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a boy, born two generations apart, who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together."--provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 339 pages
- Contents
-
- I. The call
- II. Twenty questions
- III. Takeoff speed --- IV. The promenade
- V. Neither here nor there
- VI. The law of closure
- VII. Nom de guerre
- VIII. Schooled
- IX. Decisive moments
- Isbn
- 9780316491990
- Label
- Akin : a novel
- Title
- Akin
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Emma Donoghue
- Subject
-
- trueLoss
- Retirees -- Fiction
- Riviera (France) -- Fiction
- trueSenior men
- trueTechnology
- Vacations -- Fiction
- trueWidowers
- trueWorld War II
- Boys -- Fiction
- trueCoastal towns
- Families -- Fiction
- trueFamily and war
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFamily secrets
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- trueFrance
- trueFrench Americans
- trueGuardian and ward
- Loss (Psychology)
- Nice (France) -- Fiction
- trueNice, France
- Older people -- Fiction
- truePreteen boys
- trueRetirees
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower living on the Upper West Side, but born in the South of France. He is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing with him a handful of puzzling photos he's discovered from his mother's wartime years. But he receives a call from social services: Noah is the closest available relative of an eleven-year-old great-nephew he's never met, who urgently needs someone to look after him. Out of a feeling of obligation, Noah agrees to take Michael along on his trip. Much has changed in this famously charming seaside mecca, still haunted by memories of the Nazi occupation. The unlikely duo, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, bicker about everything from steak fries to screen time. But Noah gradually comes to appreciate the boy's truculent wit, and Michael's ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family's past. Both come to grasp the risks people in all eras have run for their loved ones, and find they are more akin than they knew. Written with all the tenderness and psychological intensity that made Room an international bestseller, Akin is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a boy, born two generations apart, who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together."--provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10804717
- Cataloging source
- LPU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Donoghue, Emma
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6054.O547
- LC item number
- A36 2019
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Vacations
- Retirees
- Older people
- Boys
- Family secrets
- Families
- Nice (France)
- Riviera (France)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Akin : a novel, Emma Donoghue
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I. The call -- II. Twenty questions -- III. Takeoff speed --- IV. The promenade -- V. Neither here nor there -- VI. The law of closure -- VII. Nom de guerre -- VIII. Schooled -- IX. Decisive moments
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 339 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316491990
- Lccn
- 2019932665
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- on1107869075
- (OCoLC)1107869075
- Label
- Akin : a novel, Emma Donoghue
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I. The call -- II. Twenty questions -- III. Takeoff speed --- IV. The promenade -- V. Neither here nor there -- VI. The law of closure -- VII. Nom de guerre -- VIII. Schooled -- IX. Decisive moments
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 339 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316491990
- Lccn
- 2019932665
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- on1107869075
- (OCoLC)1107869075
Subject
- trueLoss
- Retirees -- Fiction
- Riviera (France) -- Fiction
- trueSenior men
- trueTechnology
- Vacations -- Fiction
- trueWidowers
- trueWorld War II
- Boys -- Fiction
- trueCoastal towns
- Families -- Fiction
- trueFamily and war
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFamily secrets
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- trueFrance
- trueFrench Americans
- trueGuardian and ward
- Loss (Psychology)
- Nice (France) -- Fiction
- trueNice, France
- Older people -- Fiction
- truePreteen boys
- trueRetirees
Genre
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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