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From a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, a ferociously intimate story of a family facing the ultimate question: how far will we go to save the people we love the most?
When Margaret’s fiancée, John, is hospitalized for depression in 1960s London, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans despite what she now knows of his condition, or back away from the suffering it may bring her. She decides to marry him.
Imagine Me Gone is the unforgettable story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith. At the heart of it is their eldest son, Michael, a brilliant, anxious music fanatic who makes sense of the world through parody. Over the span of decades, his younger siblings — the savvy and responsible Celia and the ambitious and tightly controlled Alec — struggle along with their mother to care for Michael’s increasingly troubled and precarious existence.
Told in alternating points of view by all five members of the family, this searing, gut-wrenching, and yet frequently hilarious novel brings alive with remarkable depth and poignancy the love of a mother for her children, the often inescapable devotion siblings feel toward one another, and the legacy of a father’s pain in the life of a family.
With his striking emotional precision and lively, inventive language, Adam Haslett has given us something rare: a novel with the power to change how we see the most important people in our lives.
“Haslett is one of the country’s most talented writers, equipped with a sixth sense for characterization”-Wall Street Journal
“Ambitious and stirring . . . With Imagine Me Gone , Haslett has reached another level.”-New York Times Book Review
From the Publisher
Imagine Me Gone
ASIN : 0316261335
Publisher : Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (February 21, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780316261333
ISBN-13 : 978-0316261333
Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5.55 x 0.96 x 8.27 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book compelling and masterful in telling the story. They praise the writing quality as beautiful and illuminating. The author captures the intricate details of mental illnesses and their effects on relationships. The characters are well-developed and have unique voices. The realism is described as realistic and relatable. However, some readers feel the story is heartbreaking and depressing.
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