![]() ![]() In simple, graceful prose, Hooper has woven a tale of deep longing, for reinvention and self-discovery, as well as for the past and for love and for the boundless unknown." ![]() It's a lovely book you'll want to linger over." "In this haunting debut, set in a starkly beautiful landscape, Hooper delineates the stories of Etta and the men she loved (Otto and Russell) as they intertwine through youth and wartime and into old age. Modern life is full of people spouting rubbish about spurious emotional and spiritual 'journeys.' Etta's trek as she comes to the end of her life and reckons with the past, has, in contrast, a real and worthwhile dignity to it." Hooper's steady hand creates the perfect setup for the unexpected." " sweet, disarming story of lasting love. So it's a much different page-turner in a sense, but this is a lovely, lovely book." So as you turn the pages, you delve deeper into their hopes and where they are at the moment in their life. And you want to find out more about them. "The pages do turn quickly in this book.in Etta and Otto and Russell and James - a first novel by Emma Hooper - you're very interested in the characters. Wonderful!" -Chris Cleave, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Little Bee It is a book that restores one's faith in life even as it deepens its mystery. " Etta and Otto and Russell and James is incredibly moving, beautifully written and luminous with wisdom. ![]()
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