Dianne Yarwood

The Wakes

The hilarious and heartbreaking Australian bestseller

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'A truly delightful debut novel . . . Funny, moving, tender and wise, I ate up every delicious word'
Liane Moriarty

'I adored this novel. Charming, poignant and moving but also very funny'
Cathy Rentzenbrink

It's winter in Sydney and the lives of two strangers have fallen apart. Newly separated and in need of a distraction, Clare agrees to help her neighbour Louisa with a funeral catering business that has bitten off more than it can chew. Meanwhile, emergency doctor Chris has witnessed too many deaths but still feels compelled to attend the occasional wake.

When Clare and Chris meet, the good in their lives is slowly illuminated. After all, the thing about death is that it makes life matter.

Funny, moving, wise and hopeful, The Wakes is an irresistible debut novel about old friends, lost love, good food and new beginnings.

'Few people can write about food and heartbreak like Nora Ephron - that was until Dianne Yarwood . . . comfortfood for your mind' Harper's Bazaar

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Group / Phoenix
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 857083
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 234mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781399600569
• ISBN-10: 1399600567
• Artikelnr.: 62306081

Autorenporträt

Dianne Yarwood worked in accounting and corporate advisory in London and Sydney. She also nurtured a love for cooking and catering. At the age of forty, with three young children, she became very ill and her life was saved by an emergency doctor. This brush with mortality gave her the courage to do what she's always wanted to do - write. Dianne lives in Sydney with her husband.

Rezensionen

The Wakes is a truly delightful debut novel about life, death . . . and chicken sandwiches. Funny, moving, tender and wise, I ate up every delicious word Liane Moriarty