Bøger af Bill Clegg

"On the eve of her daughter's wedding, June Reid's life is upended when a tragedy leaves her alone and directionless. In an effort to escape her grief, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections through shared heartbreak. Everyone touched by the tragedy is changed as truths about their near and far histories finally come to light"--Page 4 of cover.

The goal is ninety. Just ninety clean and sober days to loosen the hold of the addiction that caused Bill Clegg to lose everything. With six weeks of his most recent rehab behind him he returns to New York and attends two or three meetings each day. It is in these refuges that he befriends essential allies including Polly, who struggles daily with her own cycle of recovery and relapse, and the seemingly unshakably sober Asa. At first, the support is not enough: Clegg relapses with only three days left. Written with uncompromised immediacy, Ninety Days begins where Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man ends-and tells the wrenching story of Clegg's battle to reclaim his life. As any recovering addict knows, hitting rock bottom is just the beginning.

The second novel from Booker-longlisted Bill Clegg Following his acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Did You Ever Have a Family, Bill Clegg returns with a profoundly moving, emotionally resonant second novel about the complicated bonds and breaking points of family and friendship.

What makes one of the most gifted, charismatic and successful young literary agents in New York fall into full-blown crack-addiction: a collapse that would cost him his business, his home, many of his friends and - very nearly - his life?

On the morning of her daughter's wedding, June Reid's house goes up in flames, destroying her entire family - her present, her past and her future. Fleeing from the carnage, stricken and alone, June finds herself in a motel room by the ocean, hundreds of miles from her Connecticut home, held captive by memories and more.

Natten før hendes datter skal giftes, bliver June Reids tilværelse slået i stykker. På én nat mister hun alt hun elsker: sin eksmand, kæresten Luke, sin datter og datterens kommende mand. Hele sin familie. Ensom og uden en plan sætter hun sig ind i sin bil og kører vestpå. Hun lader det lille samfund i Connecticut og de mennesker, som bor der, bag sig. Omkring hende er alle berørt af katastrofen: Lukes mor, som bliver tilbage i landsbyen og nu må strides med snæversynet sladder og spekulationer; ejeren af cateringfirmaet, der står med en ubetalt regning, og parret, som ejer det motel ved Stillehavet, hvor June søger tilflugt. Deres stemmer krydser ind over hinanden og frem træder en historie om den tragedie, der lænker dem sammen. ”Clegg skriver om sorg med så meget autenticitet og værdighed, at vi straks har tiltro til ham ... ” – Washington Post ”De bedste romaner om sorg … indfrier vores stærke længsel efter visdom … og tilbyder lys så vi kan navigere i det mørke, der rammer selv den lykkeligste tilværelse … Netop denne stærke længsel indfrier Har du selv haft en familie igen og igen.” - Washington Post ”Fremragende.” - New York Times Book Review “En vidunderlig og dybt bevægende roman, der tvinger os til at se vores dybeste frygt og mørke i øjnene, og dernæst roligt, skridt for skridt, viser os vejen mod lyset.” – Guardian ”De bedste romaner om sorg … indfrier vores stærke længsel efter visdom … og tilbyder lys så vi kan navigere i det mørke, der rammer selv den lykkeligste tilværelse … Netop denne stærke længsel indfrier Har du selv haft en familie igen og igen.” - Washington Post ”Gribende og intelligent.– Times ”På en gang hjerteskærende og opmuntrende.” – Los Angeles Times