Christie Hodgen Knihy

Told in two alternating timelines, this novel follows a friendship over twenty-five years.Boy Meets Girl is the story of a twenty-five-year friendship between Sammy Browne (young, idealistic, and broke) and Ben Eisenberg (older, jaded, and almost unimaginably rich)—two characters drawn together, and ultimately torn apart, by their differences. This novel tells the story of their relationship over the decades—from youthful flirtation to unrequited love, to long-term friendship that flourishes in middle age, to estrangement and then reunion. The novel unfolds in alternating chapters, toggling back and forth between Ben and Sammy as young people and in middle age, showing everything the characters hoped to become and how things turned out for them. Boy Meets Girl unfolds against the political and social backdrop of the last three decades, with Bill Clinton’s election, the events of September 11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and even the Trump era providing context and contrast for the personal stories of the main characters.

“Eine Handgranate in literarischer Form.“ The New York TimesMary wächst in einer kaputten Industriestadt auf. Ihre Mutter ist schön wie Liz Taylor und versucht mit immer wechselnden Männern einen Zipfel vom Glück zu erhaschen. Mary liebt und hasst ihre wilde Mutter genau so wie ihren großspurigen Onkel. Auch Marys andere Wegbegleiter zu einem selbstbestimmten Leben sind schräge Vögel: der Klassenidiot, die College-Zimmergenossin, die ein unerträgliches Geheimnis hütet, der hochbegabte Pianist, der scheitert. Mit literarischer Wucht setzt Christie Hodgen den Außenseitern, die unser aller Leben prägen, ein erzählerisches Denkmal.

Mary Murphy searches for identity and purpose as she tells the story of her erratic childhood, her runaway sister, and the histories of people with whom she's crossed paths.