Maggie
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Maggie
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Emily Woo Zeller
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Emily Woo Zeller
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Katie Yee
A proposito di questo titolo
Winner of the 2025 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize.
A New York Times Book of the Year.
A TIME's 100 Must-Read Book of 2025.
'The best divorce novel I've read for years.'
The Times
'A gem of a novel, one that will make you think, make you feel, and make you laugh.' ALISON ESPACH, author of The Wedding People
'One of the most delightful debuts I've read in a long time.' The New York Times
A man and a woman walk into a restaurant.
The woman hopes they will order the best wine on the menu.
Instead, her husband tells her he is having an affair with a woman called Maggie.
When her chest starts to ache, the woman goes to a doctor who tells her the pain in her breast isn't just heartbreak - but - cancer. She decides to call the tumour Maggie and begins to strike up a conversation with it.
In turns wildly funny and devastatingly tender, Maggie takes place during a pause -between divorce and marriage, sickness and health, the unknown and the status quo. In reaction to the unfolding chaos, the heartbroken woman creates 'A Guide to My Husband: A User's Manual' filled with a thousand facts for the real Maggie about the man they both love. In the tradition of Nora Ephron's writing on heartbreak and womanhood, Maggie is set to be the divorce novel of our age.
"Katie Yee's debut novel...is full of resentment-tinged wit, just like Nora Ephron's classic." The Times
'A wry meditation on grief, healing, and reclaiming one's identity.' TIME Magazine
'Katie Yee is a storyteller extraordinaire.' DELIA EPHRON, sister of Nora Ephron and author of Siracusa
'An absolutely delightful debut! An inspiring story of growth and wonder. Highly recommend!' ELIN HILDERBRAND, author of The Perfect Couple, now a major Netflix series
'Stands out as one of the most unusual literary debuts of the summer.' Washington Post
'A wry meditation on grief, healing, and reclaiming one's identity.' TIME Magazine©2025 Katie Yee
Recensioni della critica
Katie Yee is a storyteller extraordinaire. This book is like a boat you get on and drift into magical waters, full of heart and heartbreak, teaming with feeling (Delia Ephron, author of The Lion Is In)
A stand-out and must-read debut. This is a poignant exploration of a woman's unraveling, when her world is turned upside down by an unexpected confession. Katie Yee weaves a tale of complex emotions and subtle betrayals, with a keen eye for the intricacies of human relationships and the quiet, often overlooked moments of life. Every paragraph is perfect (Weike Wang, author of Chemistry)
This book is a lump in the throat, a punchline that hurts, a catalogue of life's curveballs. Maggie is miraculously funny, a tender and wisecracking missive from the midst of catastrophe. Katie Yee knows that at the center of every joke, and every person, there is a broken heart (Hilary Leichter, author of Temporary)
'Yee's delightful and quirky novel takes place during a series of pauses - between divorce and marriage, sickness and health, the unknown and the status quo.' (The New York Times)
'One of the most delightful debuts I've read in a long time'
'Stands out as one of the most unusual literary debuts of the summer' (Washington Post)
'A short, powerful and joyously life-affirming novel.'
'Beautifully written'
'A light and nimble debut novel about some of life's most devastating events.
Between trips to the buffet at an Indian restaurant where they've gone on a date without their two young children, the narrator's husband drops this bombshell: "I'm having an affair." Days later, the narrator is diagnosed with breast cancer. If this feels like the lead-up to a tragedy, you wouldn't be wrong, and yet what follows is a spry novel that leapfrogs from hopeful to painful to poignant to silly to tender moments in the narrator's life: Telling her children the same bedtime stories based on Chinese myths that her mother told her; making lists of things she hates about doctors' offices; doing internet research on her husband's new love, Maggie; drafting a user manual for Sam, her soon-to-be ex-husband, with the intention of presenting it to his new girlfriend. ("He hates when his socks don't match. Also: he loves whimsical socks, but not whimsical ties.") "I think if enough bad things pile up, they inevitably cross over into comedy," the narrator reflects. This is true, though the comedy here is never dark or desperate or manic. Instead, the narrator's dignity and strength make this a novel that crackles with heartfelt intelligence and wit. Having named her tumor Maggie, the narrator decides not to tell Sam about it: a vengeful act wrapped in kindness. It's one of many steps she takes to affirm her sense of self-quirky, playful, more comfortable with logistics than feelings-and move on with her life. A funny, stirring novel about resilience.'
Between trips to the buffet at an Indian restaurant where they've gone on a date without their two young children, the narrator's husband drops this bombshell: "I'm having an affair." Days later, the narrator is diagnosed with breast cancer. If this feels like the lead-up to a tragedy, you wouldn't be wrong, and yet what follows is a spry novel that leapfrogs from hopeful to painful to poignant to silly to tender moments in the narrator's life: Telling her children the same bedtime stories based on Chinese myths that her mother told her; making lists of things she hates about doctors' offices; doing internet research on her husband's new love, Maggie; drafting a user manual for Sam, her soon-to-be ex-husband, with the intention of presenting it to his new girlfriend. ("He hates when his socks don't match. Also: he loves whimsical socks, but not whimsical ties.") "I think if enough bad things pile up, they inevitably cross over into comedy," the narrator reflects. This is true, though the comedy here is never dark or desperate or manic. Instead, the narrator's dignity and strength make this a novel that crackles with heartfelt intelligence and wit. Having named her tumor Maggie, the narrator decides not to tell Sam about it: a vengeful act wrapped in kindness. It's one of many steps she takes to affirm her sense of self-quirky, playful, more comfortable with logistics than feelings-and move on with her life. A funny, stirring novel about resilience.'
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