The Mahogany Pod (eBook)

A memoir of endings and beginnings

Jill Hopper (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
288 Seiten
Saraband (Verlag)
978-1-915089-59-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The Mahogany Podis a moving portrayal of a joyful love affair that was cut short by a terminal illness after just one exhilarating year and an inspirational account of vulnerability, reconciliation and learning to live fully after loss.Gorgeous her narrative packs a world of feeling within it, rendering a poignant look at how love can unfold even amid immense loss.Publishers Weekly, starred reviewA work of literature: beautifully written, meticulously structured and heart-rending.GuardianWhat if you knew from the beginning how your relationship was going to end?When Jill Hopper first met Arif, they were living in a shared house on the island of Osney in Oxford, on the River Thames. Surrounded by willow trees, birds and reflections, it was an idyllic home. But no sooner had they begun to fall in love than Arif was given the news that he had only a few months to live.Everyone told Jill to walk away, but she was already in too deep. Years later, Jill rediscovers Arif's parting giftan African seedpodand finally sets out to trace the elusive patterns that shaped their relationship.The Mahogany Podis a tender and vital account of what it means to live, and love, fully.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.5.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
• Schlagworte: Adversity • Beginnings • Cancer • Endings • Family • Grief • Illness • kindness • Loss • Love • Memoir • moving • Nostalgia • osney • Oxford • Real Life • relationships • Romance • Sri Lanka • terminal illness • Thames • True story • true story, losing loved ones, first love, gone too soon, young death, romance, love story, passionate love affair, heartfelt, intimate, coping with loss, coping with lost love, dealing with grief, new beginnings, remembering, Osney Island, cancer at a young age, lymphoma, emotional, grief, mourning, moving on, relationships, terminal illness, starting over, Thames, Oxford, England, reconciliation, family life, strong women, vulnerability
• ISBN-10: 1-915089-59-X / 191508959X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-915089-59-5 / 9781915089595