Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar

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<b>A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book.</b><b> One of <i>Time</i>’s 100 Must-Read Book of 2025. </b><br> <br><b>Summer’s Best Beach Reads by <i>The New York Times</i> • Books You Should Read This July by <i>New York</i> magazine • Books We’re Most Excited About by <i>Today</i> • Best Beach Reads by <i>Harper’s Bazaar</i> • Best Books of Summer by <i>ELLE</i> • Most Anticipated Books of the Summer by <i>Time</i> • Best Summer Reads by <i>Oprah Daily</i> • Books to Read this Summer by <i>The Washington Post</i></b><br> <br> <b>“As with Nora Ephron’s <i>Heartburn</i>…you read <i>Maggie</i> to spend time with its author.” —<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br> <br> <b>A Chinese American woman spins tragedy into comedy when her life falls apart in a taut, wry debut novel, “as playful as it is profound” (Alison Espach, author of <i>The Wedding People</i>)—perfect for fans of <i>Joan Is Okay</i> and <i>Crying in H Mart</i>.</b><br><br>A man and a woman walk into a restaurant. The woman expects a lovely night filled with endless plates of samosas. Instead, she finds out her husband is having an affair with a woman named Maggie.<br> <br> A short while after, her chest starts to ache. She walks into an examination room, where she finds out the pain in her breast isn’t just heartbreak—it’s cancer. She decides to call the tumor Maggie.<br> <br> Unfolding in fragments over the course of the ensuing months, <i>Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar </i>follows the narrator as she embarks on a journey of grief, healing, and reclamation. She starts talking to Maggie (the tumor), getting acquainted with her body’s new inhabitant. She overgenerously creates a “Guide to My Husband: A User’s Manual” for Maggie (the other woman), hoping to ease the process of discovering her ex-husband’s whims and quirks. She turns her children’s bedtime stories into retellings of Chinese folklore passed down by her own mother, in an attempt to make them fall in love with their shared culture—and t

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781668084212

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

216 x 140 x 21 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

S&s/Summit Books