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Go Gentle.
'Go Gentle' is the story of one womans cheerful determination to live a life of the mind only to have the heart force its way in. From the author of 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette'.
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- ISBN: 9798217176632
- Physical Description: 336 pages ; 2 x 15 cm
- Publisher: Canada : Penguin Publishing Group, 2026.
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- Baker & Taylor
"Adora Hazzard has it all figured out. A Stoic philosopher and divorcee, she lives amongst friends and culture on New York's Upper West Side, and works for the ultra-wealthy and secretive Lockwood family as a private ethics tutor for their tween boys. Her main life hack, and the key to her own enviable happiness, is to desire only what you have. Everything else life throws at you? Don't just accept it; love it. Amor Fati. Adora believes it so deeply she has it tattooed on her wrist. But when Adora meets Digby, a handsome stranger at the ballet, she finds herself loving fate indeed. But soon, she's pulled into a world of secret rendezvous, black-market art deals, and international intrigue. Driven by an unexpected and maddening desire, Adora risks reputation, job and hard-won serenity for the feelings Digby has awoken in her"-- Provided by publisher. - Penguin Putnam
"Maria Semple is a treasure." âLos Angeles Times
The New York Times bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette returns to form in her most exuberant and life-affirming novel yet with the story of one womanâs cheerful determination to live a life of the mind only to have the heart force its way in.
Adora Hazzard has it all figured out. A Stoic philosopher and divorcée, she lives a contented life on New York Cityâs Upper West Side. Having discovered that the secret to happiness is to desire only what you have, sheâs applied this insight to blissful effect: relishing her teenage daughter, the freedom of being solo, and her job as a moral tutor for the twin boys of an old-money family. Sheâs even assembled a "coven"âlike-minded women who live on the same floor in the legendary Ansoniaâand is making active efforts to grow its membership. Adoraâs carefully curated life is humming along brilliantly until a chance meeting with a handsome stranger.
Soon, her ordered world is upended by black-market art deals, secret rendezvous, and international intrigue . . . and her pastâwhich she has worked so hard to buryâlands like a bomb in her present. Inflamed by unquenchable desire, Adora finds herself a woman wanting more: and sheâll risk everything to get it.
Adora Hazzardâs journey of self-discovery will grip you from the start. Romantic, hilarious, intelligent, and bursting with the stuff of life, Go Gentle is a thrilling story of one womanâs mid-life transformation, cementing Maria Semple in the pantheon of our most exciting and important contemporary writers.
