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Writers & Lovers

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Writers & Lovers

De: Lily King
Narrado por: Stacey Glemboski
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“I loved this book not just from the first chapter or the first page but from the first paragraph… The voice is just so honest and riveting and insightful about creativity and life.” —Curtis Sittenfeld

Following the breakout success of her critically acclaimed and award-winning novel Euphoria, Lily King returns with an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman.

Blindsided by her mother’s sudden death and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child golf prodigy, she now waits tables in Harvard Square and rents a tiny, moldy room at the side of a garage where she works on the novel she has been writing for six years. At thirty-one, Casey is still clutching onto something nearly all her old friends have let go of: the determination to live a creative life. When she falls for two very different men at the same time, her world fractures even more. Casey’s fight to fulfill her creative ambitions and balance the conflicting demands of art and life is challenged in ways that push her to the brink.

Writers & Lovers follows Casey―a smart and achingly vulnerable protagonist―in the last days of a long youth, a time when every element of her life comes to a crisis. Written with King’s trademark humor, heart, and intelligence, Writers & Lovers is a transfixing novel that explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another.

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Editor's Pick

Portrait of an artist as a young woman
"Casey Peabody is the central character of this new novel by Lily King. She’s in her early 30s and living the kind of life some would argue should have ended in her 20s—most of her friends have moved on from the "artist’s" life and gotten "real" jobs, while Casey still waitresses, lives alone in what’s basically a potting shed, and has been working on her novel for the past six years. And while Casey is far from happy—she is reeling from her mother’s death and suffers debilitating anxiety—her life is in no way a cautionary tale, or a cliché. Casey is not perfect, or even 100% likable, but I felt intense empathy for her, and there were plenty of times when her musings made me laugh or even cringe a little bit with self recognition. Most strikingly, throughout the whole story she felt real—the result of a well-drawn character and stellar narration. For a story that’s so much about the internal voice of one woman, having the right person narrate is crucial, and Stacey Glemboski’s performance is an example of perfection in casting. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to see the world through Casey’s eyes for a time—King has masterfully captured the essence of one young(ish) woman making her way in the real world. —Tricia F., Audible Editor

More to explore: In Conversation, An Interview with Lily King

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This book was a refreshing change. Author made me feel like we all have our own unique problems.The problems we have may not always work out the way we think but in some way they just may work out better than we thought they would. we all are aa little crazy

A refreshing heartfelt story

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At first when I started reading this book, I was confused and sad because my mom died unexpectedly too. I didn’t think I had the courage to read or listen to this book. But it turns out this was exactly the unexpected thing that I needed. The storytelling was beautiful, thoughtful, deliberate and real. I don’t want to give the ending away. But I too today; am an a fearless blue giraffe for the first time in a long time. Lily, thank you for your beautiful, honest, raw look at life and how one event can change the direction of your life from unimaginably painful into unimaginably beautiful and hopeful.

Unexpectedly AMAZING

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Such beautiful writing! I really enjoyed this one and was sad when it was over.

Loved it!

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This was a struggle to finish. I didn't really care about the story until the last hour & a half. If it weren't for this being the book picked by my book club, I probably wouldn't have finished it. We all agreed, the last 45 minutes of story were the best.

Lackluster story

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I enjoyed the story but did not feel that the characters, especially the two major male "lovers" were fully developed. There was very little that pointed to their differences. I'm not convinced that she is ready for a relationship yet.

Too much left unsaid.

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The prose itself was probably my favorite part. Beautifully written, there were many moments that I highlighted certain passages because of the timeless prose- this book is full of cleverly written lessons of life, love, writing, the tortured artist life, death, grief, and growing up. It’s a sort of coming of age novel that many 20 somethings can relate to- the broke, down on her luck waitress who wants to be an author who can still pay the rent, and find her one true love struggles with mental health issues, the loss of her mother, and the toll her grief takes on her job, relationships, and overall well-being. She’s a like able character who I felt very close to, I was cheering her on the whole time. However, her down on her luck sob story soon becomes slightly irritating, only so many bad things can happen to one person before you start to feel negative just reading about the depressing things that keep happening to her over and over. I had to put it down a few times because it was heavy at points- those times I feel the author lost her ability to write eloquently and lingered on the descriptions of panic attacks too long, making me feel panicky myself. From an anxiety sufferers POV King does a phenomenal job explaining anxiety- that feeling of not fitting right in your own body- and I do love her way of educating the readers on mental illness and what it really feels like on the inside/what it looks like to others such as bosses or romantic interests on the outside. I liked the end, however I felt it was missing something. I was left feeling a bit uneasy about what will become of the main character, I wasn’t fully satisfied. The performance isn’t bad- but some of the voices the reader does are hard to listen to, like when she does the little boy voices or men voices. The tone doesn’t always match the authors intent- a kind man can end up sounding sleazy with the voice that’s used for the kind mans dialogue and so on. Must read if you’re from Boston, so many connections which was fun. Overall, I loved this book but it does get pretty depressing and if you relate to the character and love her like I did, it can be hard getting through her panic attacks and moments of heavy grief and depression. Not a light and easy beach read, but there’s enough light in the story to still make it a great summer read. Just don’t read it when you are sad already!

Relatable, Poetically Written Novel is no Easy Beach Read

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And I didn't even know it care about the names she was dropping. Best part of the book was learning about what waitressing is like as a job. Characters are all neurotic and whiny

Pretentious and name dropping

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I couldn’t stop listening to this book and thoroughly enjoyed it! The writing is excellent and Lily King is becoming one of my favorite authors.

Expertly performed!

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This book found me at the perfect time. It helped tune me to a frequency I have been aligning with. If you are someone who is determined to follow your dream, even when it feels like you are gonna fail, this book is about you and for you. To me, it was about how trauma and struggle is a part of shaping us into who we need to be for our dream and all we really need to do is keep in contact with our dream, follow our heart and let the universe sort it out all around us. But it doesn’t say it in that way, it’s not at all preachy or heavy handed. That was my experience with this book.

About something universal

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I felt like I could relate to Casey as if she were someone I once knew. The narrator captures her spirit beautifully.

Authentic characters

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