2020 Audie Winner – Best Female Narrator
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
Audiobook performed by Marin Ireland.
“I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch.... The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and mesmerizing and funny sentences and then hits you in a way you didn’t see coming. You’re laughing so hard you don’t even realize that you’ve suddenly caught fire.” —Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times Book Review Kevin Wilson’s best book yet—a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with remarkable and disturbing abilities.
Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates and yet inseparable friends at their elite boarding school. But then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal and they’ve barely spoken since. Until now, when Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help.
Madison’s twin stepkids are moving in with her family and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there’s a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated, flames igniting from their skin in a startling but beautiful way. Lillian is convinced Madison is pulling her leg, but it’s the truth.
Thinking of her dead-end life at home, the life that has consistently disappointed her, Lillian figures she has nothing to lose. Over the course of one humid, demanding summer, Lillian and the twins learn to trust each other—and stay cool—while also staying out of the way of Madison’s buttoned-up politician husband. Surprised by her own ingenuity yet unused to the intense feelings of protectiveness she feels for them, Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she needs these strange children as much as they need her—urgently and fiercely. Couldn’t this be the start of the amazing life she’d always hoped for?
With white-hot wit and a big, tender heart, Kevin Wilson has written his best book yet—a most unusual story of parental love.
© 2019 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062957863
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 29 oktober 2019
2020 Audie Winner – Best Female Narrator
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
Audiobook performed by Marin Ireland.
“I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch.... The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and mesmerizing and funny sentences and then hits you in a way you didn’t see coming. You’re laughing so hard you don’t even realize that you’ve suddenly caught fire.” —Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times Book Review Kevin Wilson’s best book yet—a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with remarkable and disturbing abilities.
Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates and yet inseparable friends at their elite boarding school. But then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal and they’ve barely spoken since. Until now, when Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help.
Madison’s twin stepkids are moving in with her family and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there’s a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated, flames igniting from their skin in a startling but beautiful way. Lillian is convinced Madison is pulling her leg, but it’s the truth.
Thinking of her dead-end life at home, the life that has consistently disappointed her, Lillian figures she has nothing to lose. Over the course of one humid, demanding summer, Lillian and the twins learn to trust each other—and stay cool—while also staying out of the way of Madison’s buttoned-up politician husband. Surprised by her own ingenuity yet unused to the intense feelings of protectiveness she feels for them, Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she needs these strange children as much as they need her—urgently and fiercely. Couldn’t this be the start of the amazing life she’d always hoped for?
With white-hot wit and a big, tender heart, Kevin Wilson has written his best book yet—a most unusual story of parental love.
© 2019 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062957863
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 29 oktober 2019
Kliv in i en oändlig värld av stories
Helhetsbetyg baserat på 1755 betyg
Hjärtevärmande
Mysig
Rolig
Ladda ner appen för att vara med i snacket och lämna recensioner.
Visar 10 av 1755
Katarina
25 aug. 2021
Vilken uppläsning! Marin Irelands tolkning och dramatisering är fantastisk. Smått surrealistisk story som jag gillade skarpt. Elden kan tolkas både bokstavligt och bildligt. Prosan är underfundigt rolig. Kan verkligen rekommendera denna bok!
Mimmi
18 juli 2021
Älskade den.
Eva
28 juni 2022
LOVED IT
Johan
9 dec. 2022
Amazing. Funny, sad, infuriating, human, unexpected, lovely, great. And a very real ending.
Maria
18 nov. 2021
Funny in a wired way. So wise and enlightening about parenting and love and devotion. Great read
Beatrice
12 maj 2020
Riktigt bra och lite egen bok
Mari
25 mars 2023
Lovely
A
11 jan. 2024
Mycket bra, lite annorlunda bok. Uppläsaren är fantastiskt.
Jerr
6 okt. 2021
Best narrator, weird but enjoyable book. Disliked everyone other than Lilian and the kids, but I think that was the point.
Josefine
4 mars 2022
En fängslande och annorlunda bok, lite weird men också på nåt vis berörande. En fin läsupplevelse!
Svenska
Sverige