Torch, Paperback

Descriere

In her debut novel, the bestselling author of Wildweaves a searing and luminous tale of a family's grief after unexpected loss. ``Work hard. Do good. Be incredible `` is the advice Teresa Rae Wood shares with the listeners of her local radio show, Modern Pioneers, and the advice she strives to live by every day. She has fled a bad marriage and rebuilta life with her children, Claire and Joshua, and their caring stepfather, Bruce. Their love for each other binds them as a family through the daily struggles of making ends meet. But when they received unexpected news that Teresa, only 38, is dying of cancer, their lives all begin to unravel and drift apart. Strayed's intimate portraits of these fully human characters in a time of crisis show the varying truths of grief, forgiveness, and the beautiful terrors of learning how to keep living.

Despre autor

Cheryl Strayed

scriitoare americană · n. 1968

Cheryl Strayed este o scriitoare și gazdă de podcast americană. A scris patru cărți: romanul Torch (2006) și cărțile de nonficțiune Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012), Tiny Beautiful Things (2012) și Brave Enough (2015). Wild, povestea traseului lui Strayed din 1995 pe Pacific Crest Trail, este un bestseller internațional și a fost adaptat în filmul nominalizat la Oscar în 2014, Wild.