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010			_a 2014015360
020			_a9780062365583 (hardcover)
020			_a9780062365590 (softcover)
020			_z9780062365606 (ebook)
020			_a0062365584
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC
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043			_ae-uk-en
050	0	0	_aPR6114.I27 _bU8 2014
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099			_aNICHOD
100	1		_aNicholls, David, _d1966-
245	1	0	_aUs : _ba novel / _cDavid Nicholls.
250			_aFirst U.S. edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c[2014]
300			_a396 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_a"David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together--and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart. Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date. and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen year-old son, Albie. Then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce. The timing couldn't be worse. Hoping to encourage her son's artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world's greatest works of art as a family, and she can't bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway? Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage, and might even help him to bond with Albie. Narrated from Douglas's endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learning how to get closer to a son who's always felt like a stranger. Us is a moving meditation on the demands of marriage and parenthood, the regrets of abandoning youth for middle age, and the intricate relationship between the heart and the head. And in David Nicholls's gifted hands, Douglas's odyssey brings Europe--from the streets of Amsterdam to the famed museums of Paris, from the cafe's of Venice to the beaches of Barcelona--to vivid life just as he experiences a powerful awakening of his own. Will this summer be his last as a husband, or the moment when he turns his marriage, and maybe even his whole life, around?"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"The highly anticipated new novel from David Nicholls, author of the mega-bestselling fiction sensation One Day, which follows one man's efforts to salvage his marriage--and repair his troubled relationship with his teenaged son--during the course of a trip around Europe"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMiddle-aged men _vFiction.
650		0	_aHusband and wife _vFiction.
650		0	_aFathers and sons _vFiction.
650		0	_aLife change events _vFiction.
650		7	_aFICTION / Family Life. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aFICTION / General. _2bisacsh
651		0	_aEngland _vFiction.
655		0	_aPsychological fiction.
655		0	_aDomestic fiction.
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
925	0		_aAcquire _b1 shelf copy _xpolicy default
955			_fxk15 2015-01-07 2 copies (2nd copy discard) to CALM;
963			_aHannah Wood; phone: 212-207 7003; email: [email protected]; bc: [email protected]
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