Wish You Were Here A Novel
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Erscheinungsdatum
30.11.2021
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Random House Publishing GroupSeitenzahl
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Englisch
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9781984818423
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Small Great Things and The Book of Two Ways comes "a powerfully evocative story of resilience and the triumph of the human spirit" (Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six)
Look for Jodi Picoult's new novel, By Any Other Name, available August 20!
Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's now, but her boss has hinted at a promotion if she can close a deal with a high-profile client. She's not engaged just yet, but she knows her boyfriend, Finn, a surgical resident, is about to propose on their romantic getaway to the Galápagos-days before her thirtieth birthday. Right on time.
But then a virus that felt worlds away has appeared in the city, and on the eve of their departure, Finn breaks the news: It's all hands on deck at the hospital. He has to stay behind. You should still go, he assures her, since it would be a shame for all of their nonrefundable trip to go to waste. And so, reluctantly, she goes.
Almost immediately, Diana's dream vacation goes awry. Her luggage is lost, the Wi-Fi is nearly nonexistent, and the hotel they'd booked is shut down due to the pandemic. In fact, the whole island is now under quarantine, and she is stranded until the borders reopen. Completely isolated, she must venture beyond her comfort zone. Slowly, she carves out a connection with a local family when a teenager with a secret opens up to Diana, despite her father's suspicion of outsiders.
In the Galápagos Islands, where Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was formed, Diana finds herself examining her relationships, her choices, and herself-and wondering if when she goes home, she too will have evolved into someone completely different.
Look for Jodi Picoult's new novel, By Any Other Name, available August 20!
Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's now, but her boss has hinted at a promotion if she can close a deal with a high-profile client. She's not engaged just yet, but she knows her boyfriend, Finn, a surgical resident, is about to propose on their romantic getaway to the Galápagos-days before her thirtieth birthday. Right on time.
But then a virus that felt worlds away has appeared in the city, and on the eve of their departure, Finn breaks the news: It's all hands on deck at the hospital. He has to stay behind. You should still go, he assures her, since it would be a shame for all of their nonrefundable trip to go to waste. And so, reluctantly, she goes.
Almost immediately, Diana's dream vacation goes awry. Her luggage is lost, the Wi-Fi is nearly nonexistent, and the hotel they'd booked is shut down due to the pandemic. In fact, the whole island is now under quarantine, and she is stranded until the borders reopen. Completely isolated, she must venture beyond her comfort zone. Slowly, she carves out a connection with a local family when a teenager with a secret opens up to Diana, despite her father's suspicion of outsiders.
In the Galápagos Islands, where Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was formed, Diana finds herself examining her relationships, her choices, and herself-and wondering if when she goes home, she too will have evolved into someone completely different.
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Bewertung aus Wien am 17.03.2022
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I've already read several books that incorporated the Covid pandemic and/or the lockdowns, but only in passing or it acted as a catalyst for a story twist (e.g. two people are suddenly forced to spend time together because they are put under quarantine together). Jodi Picoult is the first one (on my reading list) who not only describes the things that went along with Covid, but also focuses on the medical aspect in the first place. And even though we all lived through those first weeks, where everything about Covid was unknown and scary, it is still quite shocking to read Finns reports from the hospital.
On the other hand we have Diana all alone in the Galapagos, having a very extraordinary vacation. For many people, a prolonged vacation in the sun sounds like a really great idea. But I'm not sure if I would have liked to trade places with Diana at that time.
Since I don't want to spoil anything, only thing I can say: there is a big story twist that I didn't see coming. And it felt like reading a whole different book afterwards. Like 2-in-1 actually.
While I enjoyed the first part more, the whole book is very worth the read!
Only the very obvious reference to Yoko Ono was a bit too much, Picoult is a great enough writer to invent a singular character.
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