From the author of Last Night at the Lobster, a moving
vision of love and family.
A sequel to the bestselling, much-beloved Wish You Were
Here, Stewart O'Nan's intimate new novel follows Emily
Maxwell, a widow whose grown children have long moved away.
She dreams of vists by her grandchildren while mourning the
turnover of her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood, but when her
sole companion and sister-in-law Arlene faints at their
favorite breakfast buffet, Emily's days change. As she
grapples with her new independence, she discovers a hidden
strength and realizes that life always offers new
possibilities. Like most older women, Emily is a familiar
yet invisible figure, one rarely portrayed so honestly. Her
mingled feelings-of pride and regret, joy and sorrow- are
gracefully rendered in wholly unexpected ways. Once again
making the ordinary and overlooked not merely visible but
vital to understanding our own lives, Emily, Alone
confirms O'Nan as an American master.
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