The Resource Us, David Nicholls
Us, David Nicholls
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The item Us, David Nicholls represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System.
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- Summary
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- "David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together--and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, 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 him 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 might 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, the regrets of abandoning youth for middle age, 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 cafe's 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?"--
- "The highly anticipated new novel from David Nicholls, author of the mega-bestselling fiction sensation One Day, which follows one man's efforts to salvage his marriage--and repair his troubled relationship with his teenaged son--during the course of a trip around Europe"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 396 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062365583
- Label
- Us
- Title
- Us
- Statement of responsibility
- David Nicholls
- Subject
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- Husband and wife -- Fiction
- trueEurope
- trueFamilies
- trueFamily vacations
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- trueLife change events
- Life change events -- Fiction
- trueMarriage
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMiddle-aged men
- Middle-aged men -- Fiction
- trueParenthood
- truePsychological fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueEngland
- England -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together--and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, 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 him 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 might 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, the regrets of abandoning youth for middle age, 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 cafe's 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?"--
- "The highly anticipated new novel from David Nicholls, author of the mega-bestselling fiction sensation One Day, which follows one man's efforts to salvage his marriage--and repair his troubled relationship with his teenaged son--during the course of a trip around Europe"--
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2014.
- Library Journal Best Books 2014
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2014
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10356423
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nicholls, David
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6114.I27
- LC item number
- U7 2014
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Middle-aged men
- Husband and wife
- Fathers and sons
- Life change events
- England
- Label
- Us, David Nicholls
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 396 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062365583
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014015360
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)878109391
- Label
- Us, David Nicholls
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 396 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062365583
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014015360
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)878109391
Subject
- Husband and wife -- Fiction
- trueEurope
- trueFamilies
- trueFamily vacations
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- trueLife change events
- Life change events -- Fiction
- trueMarriage
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMiddle-aged men
- Middle-aged men -- Fiction
- trueParenthood
- truePsychological fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueEngland
- England -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2014
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2014
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2014
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
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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