Gioia Guerzoni Bücher

"Spend one minute writing a list of all the things you can remember doing with the person that you miss. Simple everyday events can make as many memories as big adventures. Write as fast as you can. When one minute is up, stick the list to a window pane so that it can be seen from outside. Combining the practical and the abstract, the activities have a Fluxus-style poignancy which is sure to strike a chord with anyone who has experienced the pain of grief or of a broken heart"-- Provided by publisher

Stundenlang steht die schüchterne Mirabelle Butterfield vor ihrer Ladentheke, in der Handschuhe feilgeboten werden, die niemand mehr haben möchte, und träumt dabei von der großen Liebe. Doch als diese eines Tages vor ihr steht, erwacht Mirabelle nur zögerlich: Denn der charmante Millionär Ray Porter hat so ganz andere Vorstellungen vom perfekten Glück als sie selbst. „Mit leiser Ironie und großem Herzen schildert Steve Martin ein kleines Leben in Beverly Hills und die Schwierigkeiten, die entstehen, wenn zwei Menschen von Liebe sprechen.“ Münchner Merkur „So gut war Hollywood selten.“ Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung "Nach 'Blanker Unsinn' gelingt Steve Martin mit 'shopgirl' der mutige und überzeugende Wechsel vom komischen ins seriöse Fach der Literatur." Entertainment Weekly

Thirty-five years after a trip down the Mississippi on a raft with their classmates, four women are reunited to cruise the river once again where they plan to release the ashes of a fellow rafter, Margaret "Baby" Ballou. Revered for her powerful female characters, here Lee Smith tells a brilliantly authoritative story of how college pals who grew up in an era when they were still called "girls" have negotiated life as "women." Harriet Holding is a hesitant teacher who has never married (she can't explain why, even to herself). Courtney Gray struggles to step away from her Southern Living-style life. Catherine Wilson, a sculptor, is suffocating in her happy third marriage. Anna Todd is a world-famous romance novelist escaping her own tragedies through her fiction. And finally there is Baby, the girl they come to bury-along with their memories of her rebellions and betrayals