Author:Lolly Winston
36-year-old Sophie Stanton has lost her young husband to cancer. In an age where women are expected to be high-achievers, Sophie desperately wants to be a good widow - a graceful, composed Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. Alas, Sophie is more of a Jack Daniels kind. Guzzling cartons of ice-cream for breakfast, breaking down in the frozen food aisle of her local supermarket, showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers - soon she's not only lost her husband, but her job and her waistline. With nowhere to go but up, Sophie leaves California for Oregon and after several false starts opens her own fabulous bakery. Juggling the success of the bakery, her friends and her new life, Sophie proves that with enough humour and chutzpah it is possible to have life after loss. And falling in love again is all she needs...
This debut novel is way beyond OK. It is outstanding.
—— USA TodayAn impressive debut-.[Winston] reminds us that we can still be funny, sarcastic, aware and smart, even when we are brokenhearted.
—— Washington PostWinston writes Sophie with such tenderness, humour and empathy that she and the reader become intimate-Very good indeed.
—— People magazineA memorable debut
—— Woman's OwnOne of the best first novels I have ever read.
—— Anne Rivers Siddons[A] witty, big-hearted novel.
—— Jennifer Weiner, bestselling author of Good in Bed and In Her ShoesAn exceptionally beautiful book about loneliness, labor, and survival. Beaton is a thoughtful guide through a complex landscape of class and gender, and these pages ache with grief and grace.
—— Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream HouseKate Beaton's comics are rich with quiet revelations, intimate details, and a deadpan, devastating sense of humor. A generous and illuminating book; I suspect it will stay on my mind for a very long time.
—— Anna Wiener, author of Uncanny ValleyDucks is an unforgettable, riveting work. Kate Beaton opens the mind's eye, allowing us to inhabit landscapes and experiences crucial to our time, yet largely unseen. Artful, considered and courageous, Ducks is a landmark work.
—— Madeleine Thien, author of Do Not Say We Have NothingDucks delivers an immersive, harrowing journey through an industry where the lure of fast money belies darker realities of casual brutality, profound loneliness and soul-cracking isolation. The uneasy echoes of Beaton's story ring well past the the final page. Shattering.
—— Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First CenturyHonest, compassionate, and clear-eyed, Ducks is a stunning achievement in storytelling that I will be thinking about for a long time.
—— Jung Yun, author of O BeautifulEngrossing.
—— Irish ExaminerDucks moves into dark territory - including sexual assault - but Beaton... balances light and shade. No place or person is wholly good or bad, not even the oil sands with their dark satanic drills.
—— TelegraphAn astonishing graphic novel/memoir whose precise drawings capture Bechdel's life-long hunt for transcendence through physical exertion.
—— Simon Kuper and Murad Ahmed , Financial Times, *Books of the Year*The biggest event of the year was the return of Alison Bechdel... Bechdel's previous books have made her one of the superstars of graphic fiction, and this funny, perceptive and merciless account shows that...her talent remains undimmed.
—— James Smart , Guardian, *Books of the Year*The Secret to Superhuman Strength... demands to be reread immediately... and does the reader far more good than a Peloton class and a cup of turmeric tea.
—— Rachel Cooke , Observer, *Books of the Year*A joyful book, a feast of colour, wit and ideas about living in ever-changing times
—— Max Liu , iNews, *Books of the Year*The brilliant cartoonist traces her own history of (sometimes obsessive) exercise in this stunning graphic memoir.
—— Bill Hayes , Reader's Digest
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