The Middlesteins. Die Middlesteins, englische Ausgabe - Attenberg, Jami
The Middlesteins. Die Middlesteins, englische Ausgabe - Attenberg, Jami For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. She's…
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The Middlesteins. Die Middlesteins, englische Ausgabe - Attenberg, Jami
For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. She's obsessed with food--thinking about it, eating it--and if she doesn't stop, she won't have much longer to live.When Richard abandons his wife, it is up to the next generation to take control. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's enormous girth.
Benny, an easy-going, pot-smoking family man, just wants to smooth things over. Robin, their schoolteacher daughter, is determined that her father pay for leaving Edie. And Rachelle-- a whippet thin perfectionist-- is intent on saving her mother-in-law's life, but this task proves even bigger than planning her twin children's spectacular b'nai mitzvah party.
Through it all, they wonder: do Edie's devastating choices rest on her shoulders alone, or are others at fault, too?With pitch-perfect prose, huge compassion, and sly humor, Jami Attenberg has given us an epic story of marriage, family, and obsession. The Middlesteins explores the hopes and heartbreaks of new and old love, the yearnings of Midwestern America, and our devastating, fascinating preoccupation with food.
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