Le phénomène littéraire qui a séduit plus d'un million d'Américains enfin traduit en français ! Un roman-monde sur l'amour et ses métamorphoses, sur la famille et ses conflits, sur la liberté et son prix.
William Waters a grandi dans un foyer sans amour, marqué par la tragédie. Alors quand il rencontre l'ambitieuse et solaire Julia Padavano à l'université, c'est tout son univers qui s'illumine, et une nouvelle famille l'adopte. Julia est indissociable de ses trois soeurs : Sylvie, la lettrée romantique ; Cecelia, l'artiste libre ; Emeline, la sensible attentionnée. Chacune est sur le point de devenir qui elle est vraiment et de se révéler à elle-même et aux autres.
Mais, malgré l'avenir radieux tout tracé par Julia, les ténèbres du passé de William refont surface et menacent de l'engloutir à jamais, déclenchant un cataclysme qui bouleverse l'harmonie de la famille Padavano. Les liens rompus peuvent-ils être réparés ? L'amour, la dévotion et la loyauté des quatre soeurs peuvent-ils être restaurés ?
Les Bien-aimés est un grand roman sur l'amour sous toutes ses formes. Que se passe-t-il quand on choisit d'aimer l'autre non en dépit de ce qu'il est, mais justement pour ce qu'il est ? Qu'arrive-t-il quand on décide de vivre selon sa propre vérité intérieure ?
Des 192 passagers du vol 2977 à destination de Los Angeles, Edward Adler, 12 ans, est le seul survivant. Comment grandir, dans ces conditions ? Comment se reconstruire, avec cette culpabilité qui le ronge ? Avec cette célébrité macabre qui l'entoure ? Confié à son oncle et sa tante, le jeune garçon doit faire face à la perte de sa famille mais aussi à celle des autres, de tous les autres... Ce vétéran d'Afghanistan, auquel il a parlé quelques secondes avant le crash, ce jeune loup de Wall Street, cette hôtesse de l'air, ce magnat du plastique. Toutes ces vies qui, bientôt, s'inviteront dans la sienne : que leur doit-il ? Que lui doivent-elles ?
From the William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So its a relief when his skill on the basketball court earns him a scholarship to college, far away from his childhood home. He soon meets Julia Padavano, a spirited and ambitious young woman who surprises William with her appreciation of his quiet steadiness. With Julia comes her family; she is inseparable from her three younger sisters: Sylvie, the dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book and imagines a future different from the expected path of wife and mother; Cecelia, the familys artist; and Emeline, who patiently takes care of all of them. Happily, the Padavanos fold Julias new boyfriend into their loving, chaotic household.
But then darkness from Williams past surfaces, jeopardizing not only Julias carefully orchestrated plans for their future, but the sisters unshakeable loyalty to one another. The result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations. Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together when it matters most?
A twelve-year-old boy, the sole survivor of a tragic plane crash, finds reasons for hope and love in this riveting, life-affirming, luminous novel for readers of Little Fires Everywhere and The Immortalists . One summer morning, Flight 2977 takes off from Newark headed for Los Angeles. There are 191 passengers aboard: among them a Wall Street wunderkind; a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy; an injured vet returning from Afghanistan; a septuagenarian business tycoon battling cancer; a free-spirited woman running away from a controlling husband; and two beleaguered parents moving across the country with their adolescent sons. The younger of these boys, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, becomes the sole survivor after the plane suddenly crashes. Edward's survival captures the attention of the nation, and he becomes a symbol of hope and predestination for solace-seekers everywhere. But for Edward, life after the crash is bewildering. He struggles to make sense of the loss of his family, the strangeness of his sudden fame, and the meaning of his survival. As he moves through adolescence, he yearns to find a place for himself in an existence that no longer feels sure or secure. When he begins to receive letters from people around the world--each of them eager to offer advice, ask a favor, or share how Edward's survival has inspired them--he is forced to confront some of life's most profound questions: How do we make the most of the time we are given? For whom do we reach in our final moments? What does it mean to live a meaningful life? Told in alternating points of view, Dear Edward recounts the stories of the passengers aboard the flight as it hurtles toward its fateful end, and depicts Edward's life in the aftermath of the crash. Sweeping in scope but full of intimate detail, Dear Edward is a deeply moving, heartfelt novel about love, regret, and the human connections that define our lives.
