Jenn Crowell Książki

From the critically acclaimed author of Etched On Me comes a poignant, moving story of resilience and second chances. After nine short but blissful years of marriage, American expat Gloria Burgess's world shatters when her British artist husband dies of leukemia. Estranged from her mother, utterly alone in her adopted home of London, she must now struggle to raise her young son on her own -- and fight the temptation to sink into the self-absorption of grief that once drove her father to suicide. As she puts on a retrospective of her late husband's work, Gloria finds solace in the form of an empathetic friendship with a charming widower, and agrees to let her mother cross the Atlantic to stay with her for their first visit in a decade. The reunion could drive the wedge between them deeper ... or offer Gloria a priceless opportunity for regaining equilibrium and wholeness. Will she seize the opportunity, or turn her back on a new beginning?

In Letting the Body Lead, Jenn Crowell introduces us to gifted NYU graduate student Isobel Sivulka. Though her academic and personal lives seem perfect, she feels without direction. Making the first rash decision in her life, she heads to Iceland, where a much-revered high school mentor once embarked on her own spiritual path.In the very welcoming city of Reykjavîk, Isobel eventually discovers herself, bonding with a circle of strong, centered women and embarking on a tumultuous affair with a charming but deeply troubled man. In a culture completely different from her own, this accomplished woman must finally embrace what it means to be young and gifted, while coming to terms with life and love.

Die ehrgeizige, hoch begabte Amerikanerin Isobel steht kurz vor dem Abschluss ihrer Doktorarbeit in Psychologie und ist mit den Nerven völlig am Ende. Geplagt von Angstzuständen, Schlafstörungen und Selbstzweifeln entschließt sie sich, New York zu verlassen und den Sommer auf Island zu verbringen. Erst dort kommt sie innerlich langsam zur Ruhe, ist fasziniert von der Weite der Natur und lernt einen jungen Isländer kennen, der ihr zeigt, dass es auch noch ein Leben jenseits von Universität und Prüfungen gibt ...