Дженни Оффилл – лучшие произведения

They used to send each other letters. The return address was always the same: Dept. of Speculation. They used to be young, brave, and giddy with hopes for their future. They got married, had a child, and skated through all the small calamities of family life. But then, slowly, quietly something changes. As the years rush by, fears creep in and doubts accumulate until finally their life as they know it cracks apart and they find themse

Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point from which to practice her other calling: she is a fake shrink. For years she has tended to her God-haunted mother and her recovering addict brother. They have both stabilized for the moment, but Lizzie has little chance to spend her new free time with husband and son before her old mentor, Sylvia Liller, makes a proposal. She's become famous for her prescient podcast, Hell and High Water, and wants to hire Lizzie to answer the mail she receives: from left-wingers worried about climate change and right-wingers worried about the…

Lizzie t??tab ?likooli raamatukogus ning vastab kirjadele, mis saabuvad tema endise mentori kliimamuutuse-podcast’ile „L?bi tule ja vee”. Selline hingetohtri amet paistab Lizziele esialgu sobivat – ta on seda oma lahutatud ema ja eksnarkomaanist vennaga piisavalt palju praktiseerida saanud. Ent kuidas s?ilitada vaimset tasakaalu ja lootust olukorras, kus inimesed valmistuvad ?ha meeleheitlikumalt maailmal?puks? USA n??diskirjanike koorekihti kuuluva Jenny Offilli teoses „Ilm” p?imub hell osav?tlikkus s?nge huumoriga. „„Ilma” fragmentaarne struktuur kutsub esile talumatu emotsionaalse intensiivsuse: selle loo tuumas on midagi, mida ei…