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Paradise Lodge by Nina Stibbe (2016, Hardcover) Brand New
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- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Type
- Novel
- Title
- Paradise Lodge
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316309311
ISBN-13
9780316309318
eBay Product ID (ePID)
224465114
Product Key Features
Book Title
Paradise Lodge
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Contemporary Women, Family Life, Coming of Age, Humorous / General
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-935667
Reviews
"Lizzie's scheme to find a suitable match for her [mother] sparkles with humor as British as mincemeat pie." -- Entertainment Weekly, "NinaStibbe's Man at the Helm isstraight-up hilarious, a brilliant collage of a family in glorious ruin.Stibbe's wry, sly wit propels the novel forward at breakneck speed, but don'tbe fooled: underneath all the exuberance beats a surprisingly melancholy heart."-- Lauren Fox , Author of Still Life with Husband and Friends Like Us, This densely populated coming-of-age story (for both mother and children) has retained and even expanded on Stibbe's signature antic charm...It's not too much of a stretch to conclude that Man at the Helm , with its jauntily matter-of-fact social satire, wouldn't be out of place on the same shelf as Cold Comfort Farm and I Capture the Castle . -- Alida Becker , The New York Times Book Review|9780316309318|, "Some of the most perceptive writing I've read about relationships in a while....this book is very, very funny. Stibbe has a fine eye for absurdity, and her writing has an unforced charm."-- The Independent, "Sweetness and wit from Nina Stibbe. You won't find a funnier, more original confidante than Lizzie Vogel, a teen who's taken a job in a nursing home, at first just hoping to pay for some nice shampoo but eventually sucked into a full-on farce. Truancy, elder abuse, the death of Elvis Presley--there seems to be nothing the author of Love, Nina can't play for good-natured laughs and a sneaky touch of wisdom." -- Kim Hubbard , People, "I must MOST EARNESTLY recommend Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe. It's the most piss-funny thing I've read all year. I can't remember a book since Adrian Mole that so brilliantly, drily nailed day-to-day life in BRILLIANT, faux-naive prose."-- Caitlin Moran, author of How to Build a Girl, "I have never laughed so hard reading a book. Nina Stibbe's recollections of life as a London nanny are both hilarious and heartwarming."-- J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Maine and The Engagements, " Man at the Helm is a winner- a brilliant find....It is full, free, outlandish. And I can't remember a book that made me laugh more. [Stibbe] doesn't take anything seriously. Or rather, she does, and yet her eye and ear for the absurd never desert her- they are part of who she is."-- The Guardian, "Stibbe's deadpan first-person delivery once again balances quirky charm with beady insight...Another deft helping of absurd social comedy and unconventional wisdom from a writer of singular, decidedly English gifts." -- Kirkus, "[A] joyous read, full of wit and charm . . . I am already longing for Nina Stibbe's next book."-- The Observer, PRAISE FOR LOVE, NINA : "I adored this book, and I could quote from it forever. It's real, odd, life-affirming, sharp, loving...and I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud so frequently while reading."-- Nick Hornby, The Believer, "Funny and engaging...I simply hugged myself with joy reading this book, for the tale it tells, which is funny, painful, and ultimately happy, and above all for the voice, which is perfection." -- Katherine A. Powers , The Christian Science Monitor, "Ms. Stibbe's writerly charms and her sneakily deep observations about romantic connection are on display throughout...' Man at the Helm ' is densely peppered with funny lines, but even more striking is the sustained energy of the writing. In almost all the space between jokes, there remains a witty atmosphere, a playful effect sentence by sentence."-- John Williams , The New York Times, " Love, Nina is enchanting. It's one of the funniest--and oddest--books I've read in a long time.... [Stibbe's letters] are perceptive and droll, and provide a glimpse into the domestic life of a fascinating literary family."-- Moira Hodgson, The Wall Street Journal, "Stibbe has a gift for summoning the high-octane low-attention-span pimplefest that is adolescence." -- Molly Young , New York Times Book Review, "I have never laughed so hard reading a book. Nina Stibbe's recollections of life as a London nanny are both hilarious and heartwarming." -- J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Maine and The Engagements, "The priceless, pragmatic English youngsters who put their mother on the marriage market in last year's delightful Man at the Helm, are back and practicing their skills on a spate of new victims. In Stibbe's newest novel, Lizzie Vogel is now a teenager and hard at work in her first job at a chaotic old-age home. There, she helps a nurse find a husband (who will also operate as a 'retirement plan'). Lizzie, who finds herself feeling more at home than she's ever felt in her life, helps a cast of eccentrics save the home from a rival." -- Billy Heller , The New York Post's Required Reading, "Some of the most perceptive writing I've read about relationships in a while....this book is very, very funny. Stibbe has a fine eye for absurdity, and her writing has an unforced charm." -- The Independent, "Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude, and aching with sweetness: Love, Nina might be the most charming book I've ever read."-- Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, "You'll find yourself laughing out loud but also touched by the book's depiction of family as it should be: people bound not just by blood but by shared affinities, humor and unfailing interest in hearing the answer to the question, 'How was your day?'"-- Kim Hubbard, People, PRAISE FOR LOVE, NINA: "I adored this book, and I could quote from it forever. It's real, odd, life-affirming, sharp, loving...and I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud so frequently while reading."-- Nick Hornby, The Believer, "Nina Stibbe's Man at the Helm is straight-up hilarious, a brilliant collage of a family in glorious ruin. Stibbe's wry, sly wit propels the novel forward at breakneck speed, but don't be fooled: underneath all the exuberance beats a surprisingly melancholy heart."-- Lauren Fox , Author of Still Life with Husband and Friends Like Us, "These letters are winning from the start...we simply like being in Ms. Stibbe's company." -- Dwight Garner, The New York Times, "These letters are winning from the start...we simply like being in Ms. Stibbe's company."-- Dwight Garner, The New York Times, "You'll find yourself laughing out loud but also touched by the book's depiction of family as it should be: people bound not just by blood but by shared affinities, humor and unfailing interest in hearing the answer to the question, 'How was your day?'" -- Kim Hubbard, People, "Lizzie Vogel is back. Now 15, she's picked up a job at Paradise Lodge, a Leicester home for the aging that has fallen on hard times...The home provides English writer Stibbe's novel with an incredible patchwork of characters and their eccentricities, and Lizzie's observations of her family, coworkers, geriatric charges, and sundry enemies are wise, hilarious, and of an emotional frankness that's all her own...soaked through with charm." -- Booklist, "[A] joyous read, full of wit and charm . . . I am already longing for Nina Stibbe's next book." -- The Observer
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Synopsis
A delightful story of growing up, getting old, and every step in between, from the acclaimed author of Man at the Helm and Love, Nina . After succeeding in her quest to help her unconventional mother find a new "man at the helm," fifteen-year-old Lizzie Vogel simply wants to be a normal teenager. Just when it looks as if things have settled down, her mother goes and has another baby. On top of that, Lizzie's best friend has deserted her for the punk craze, which Lizzie finds too exhausting to commit to herself. But Lizzie soon gets more commitment than she bargained for when she takes a job as a junior nurse at Paradise Lodge, a ramshackle refuge for the elderly that has seen better days. It's no place for a teenager, much less one with as little experience emptying a bedpan as Lizzie. What begins as away to avoid school and earn some spending money (for the finer things in life, like real coffee and beer shampoo) quickly turns into the education of a lifetime. Lizzie encounters a colorful cast of eccentric characters--including a nurse determined to turn one of the patients into a husband (and a retirement plan); an efficient but clueless nun trying to modernize the place; and Lizzie's unlikely first love--who become her surrogate family. When Paradise Lodge faces a crisis in the form of a rival nursing home with enough amenities to make even the comatose jealous, Lizzie must find a way to save her job before she loses the only place she's ever felt she belongs. A hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale, Paradise Lodge proves that it's never too early--or too late--to grow up., A delightful story of growing up, getting old, and every step in between, from the acclaimed author of Man at the Helm and Love, Nina . After succeeding in her quest to help her unconventional mother find a new "man at the helm," fifteen-year-old Lizzie Vogel simply wants to be a normal teenager. Just when it looks as if things have settled down, her mother goes and has another baby. On top of that, Lizzie's best friend has deserted her for the punk craze, which Lizzie finds too exhausting to commit to herself. But Lizzie soon gets more commitment than she bargained for when she takes a job as a junior nurse at Paradise Lodge, a ramshackle refuge for the elderly that has seen better days. It's no place for a teenager, much less one with as little experience emptying a bedpan as Lizzie. What begins as away to avoid school and earn some spending money (for the finer things in life, like real coffee and beer shampoo) quickly turns into the education of a lifetime. Lizzie encounters a colorful cast of eccentric characters -- including a nurse determined to turn one of the patients into a husband (and a retirement plan); an efficient but clueless nun trying to modernize the place; and Lizzie's unlikely first love -- who become her surrogate family. When Paradise Lodge faces a crisis in the form of a rival nursing home with enough amenities to make even the comatose jealous, Lizzie must find a way to save her job before she loses the only place she's ever felt she belongs. A hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale, Paradise Lodge proves that it's never too early -- or too late -- to grow up.
LC Classification Number
PR6119.T525P37 2016
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