LEADER 02528nam 22004693 450 001 9910154349303321 005 20210901203302.0 010 $a0-698-19136-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000971442 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6107531 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6107531 035 $a(OCoLC)964428083 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000971442 100 $a20210901d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLike Family $eA Novel 210 1$aEast Rutherford :$cPenguin Publishing Group,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (96 pages) 311 $a0-14-310861-1 330 $a"When a young married couple hire a middle-aged widow during the wife, Nora's, difficult pregnancy, they don't realize the dominating force she will become in their small family. Signora A--maid, nanny, and confidante--becomes the glue in their household, and over time, the steady and loving presence whose benign influence allows them to negotiate the complexities of married life. But the delicate fabric of the young family comes undone when Signora A is diagnosed with lung cancer. After she becomes too sick to work, both husband and wife feel the strain of her absence. Moving seamlessly between the past and present, Giordano weaves together the layers of Signora A's devotion and sacrifice--from her early experiences of love during a tragically short marriage, to her adoration of her new surrogate family. Highlighting the joy of youth and the fleeting nature of time with remarkable precision and lyricism, Paolo Giordano gives us a meditation on life, death, and the relationships we build in between. Like Family is not a simple love story; it's a story about love in its many forms, and how a capacity for love can give meaning to any existence, no matter how ordinary"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aFICTION / Literary$2bisacsh 606 $aFICTION / Family Life$2bisacsh 606 $aFICTION / Psychological$2bisacsh 615 7$aFICTION / Literary. 615 7$aFICTION / Family Life. 615 7$aFICTION / Psychological. 676 $a853/.92 686 $aFIC019000$aFIC045000$aFIC025000$2bisacsh 700 $aGiordano$b Paolo$010647 701 $aAppel$b Anne Milano$01162212 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154349303321 996 $aLike Family$92809056 997 $aUNINA