Like family, Paolo Giordano ; English translation by Anne Milano Appel
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Like family, Paolo Giordano ; English translation by Anne Milano Appel
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Like family
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Paolo Giordano ; English translation by Anne Milano Appel
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"When a young married couple hires a middle-aged widow during the wife's, Nora's, difficult pregnancy, they don't realize the dominant force she will become in their household. First as their maid and nanny, then their confidante, Signora A. quickly becomes the glue that holds their small family together. For both husband and wife, her benign influence allows them to negotiate the complexities of married life; for their young son, she becomes the shield who protects him from his parents' expectations and disappointments. But the family's delicate fabric comes undone when Signora A. is diagnosed with cancer. Moving seamlessly between the past and present, highlighting the joys of youth and the fleeting nature of time, Giordano has created an exquisite portrait of adulthood and marriage."--Front flap of jacket
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