A poignant, dazzling debut novel about a woman who longs to be a mother and the captivating yet troubled child she and her husband take in. What is the cost of motherhood? When The Risk of Us opens, we meet a forty-something woman who deeply wants to become a mother. The path that opens up to her and her husband takes them through the foster care system, with the goal of adoption. And when seven-year-old Maresa-with inch-deep dimples and a voice that can beam to the moon--comes into their lives, their hearts fill with love. But her rages and troubles threaten to crack open their marriage. Over the course of a year, as Maresa approaches the age at which children become nearly impossible to place, the couple must decide if they can be the parents this child needs, and finalize the adoption-or give her up. For fans of Jenny Offill and Rachel Cusk, The Risk of Us deftly explores the inevitable tests children bring to a marriage, the uncertainties of family life, and the ways true empathy obliterates our defenses.
Love in the Big City (Ungekürzt)
Sang Young Park
audiobookSea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel
audiobookGilmore The Gill Camel
Daniela Mattes
bookKiss Her Once for Me : A Novel
Alison Cochrun
audiobookbookButter (Ungekürzt)
Asako Yuzuki
audiobookNice Guys Bite
Jennifer Estep
bookMy Mechanical Romance
Alexene Farol Follmuth
audiobookRules for Engaging the Earl
Janna MacGregor
audiobookFlowerheart
Catherine Bakewell
audiobookThe Origin of 'The Origin of Species'
J.M. Kuczynski
audiobookThe Fiancee Farce : A Novel
Alexandria Bellefleur
audiobookAll the Lovers in the Night
Mieko Kawakami
audiobook