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Labor Day

When 13-year old Henry befriends an injured stranger he learns how to throw a baseball, the secret to a perfect pie crust--and the power of betrayal.

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  • "Labor day"@it
  • "Un giorno come tanti"

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  • "When 13-year old Henry befriends an injured stranger he learns how to throw a baseball, the secret to a perfect pie crust--and the power of betrayal."@en
  • "With the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Henry- lonely, friendless, not too good at sports-spends most of his time watching television, reading, and daydreaming about the soft skin and budding bodies of his female classmates. For company Henry has his long-divorced mother, Adele-a onetime dancer whose summer project was to teach him how to foxtrot; hishamster, Joe; and awkward Saturday-night outings to Friendly's with his estranged father and new stepfamily. As much as he tries, Henry knows that even with his jokes and his "Husband for a Day" coupon, he still can't make his emotionally fragile mother happy. Adele has a secret that makes it hard for her to leave their house, and seems to possess an irreparably broken heart. But all that changes on the Thursday before Labor Day, when a mysterious bleeding man named Frank approaches Henry and asks for a hand. Over the next five days, Henry will learn some of life's most valuable lessons: how to throw a baseball, the secret to perfect piecrust, the breathless pain of jealousy, the power of betrayal, and the importance of putting others-especially those we love-above ourselves. And the knowledge that real love is worth waiting for. In a manner evoking Ian McEwan's Atonement and Nick Hornby's About a Boy, acclaimed author Joyce Maynard weaves a beautiful, poignant tale of love, sex, adolescense, and devastating treachery as seen through the eyes of a young teenage boy--and the man he later becomes--looking back at an unexpected encounter that begins one single long, hot, life-altering weekend."
  • "A novel of childhood and discovery, innocence and love, betrayal, and its haunting consequences."
  • "A novel of childhood and discovery, innocence and love, betrayal, and its haunting consequences."@en
  • "As the end of summer approaches and a long, hot Labor Day weekend looms, the life of lonely thirteen-year-old Henry Wheeler is irrevocably changed when he and his emotionally fragile mother show kindness to a stranger with a terrible secret."
  • "Relates a story of love, sexual passion, painful adolescence, and devastating betrayal as seen through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy--and the man he later becomes--looking back on the events of a single long, hot, and life-altering weekend"
  • "Die Liebesgeschichte des Jahres Eine Kleinstadt in New Hampshire: Adele, liebenswert, sensibel und seit ihrer Scheidung todunglücklich, lebt mit ihrem 13-jährigen Sohn Henry völlig zurückgezogen in einem kleinen Haus, das sie nur selten verlässt. Bis Henry sie zu einem Einkaufstrip überredet, der ihrer beider Leben für immer verändern wird. Denn im Supermarkt wird Henry von einem Mann angesprochen, der offensichtlich verletzt ist. Er bittet um Hilfe, und Adele nimmt ihn mit nach Hause. Dort stellt sich heraus, dass Frank, ihr überaus höflicher und rücksichtsvoller Besucher, ein entflohener Sträfling ist. Für ein langes, heisses Septemberwochenende gewähren die beiden ihm Zuflucht. Und während Henry in Frank den lange vermissten Vaterersatz findet, entwickelt sich zwischen Frank und Adele eine zarte, innige Liebe. Eine Liebe, für die sie einen hohen Preis zahlen werden ... Joyce Maynard war Reporterin bei der New York Times und arbeitet noch heute als freie Journalistin für verschiedene grosse Magazine. Ihre Kolumnen und Artikel erscheinen in zahlreichen US-Zeitschriften. Mit ihren Erinnerungen an die gemeinsame Zeit mit dem Schriftsteller J.D. Salinger schrieb sie einen internationalen Bestseller. Die Autorin ist Mutter dreier erwachsener Kinder und lebt in Kalifornien und Lake Atitlan, Guatemala."
  • "De komst van een ontsnapte gevangene verandert het leven van een 13-jarige jongen en diens moeder volkomen."
  • "En 1987, Henry a 13 ans et vit avec sa mère Adèle après que son père les a quittés pour se remarier. Adèle est encore jeune et jolie mais elle s'est presque retirée du monde et ne sort qu'en de rares circonstances. En cette veille de long week-end, elle emmène toutefois Henry au centre commercial. Tandis que le jeune homme feuillette discrètement Playboy, Frank, un prisonnier évadé, le heurte.--[Memento]."
  • "Relates a story of love, sexual passion, painful adolescence, and devastating betrayal as seen through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy--and the man he later becomes--looking back on the events of a single long, hot, and life-altering weekend."
  • "Relates a story of love, sexual passion, painful adolescence, and devastating betrayal as seen through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy--and the man he later becomes--looking back on the events of a single long, hot, and life-altering weekend."@en
  • ""As the end of summer approaches and a long, hot Labor Day weekend looms, the life of lonely thirteen-year-old Henry Wheeler is irrevocably changed when he and his emotionally fragile mother show kindness to a stranger with a terrible secret.""
  • "En 1987, Henry a 13 ans et vit avec sa mère Adèle après que son père les a quittés pour se remarier. Adèle est encore jeune et jolie mais elle s'est presque retirée du monde et ne sort qu'en de rares circonstances. En cette veille de long week-end, elle emmène toutefois Henry au centre commercial. Tandis qu'il feuillette discrètement Playboy, Frank, un prisonnier évadé, le heurte."
  • ""As the end of summer approaches and a long, hot Labor Day weekend looms, the life of lonely thirteen-year-old Henry Wheeler is irrevocably changed when he and his emotionally fragile mother show kindness to a stranger with a terrible secret."--Back cover."@en
  • "Genre-crossing drama starring Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet. Newly escaped from prison, convicted murderer Frank (Brolin) is desperate for a place to lay low for a couple of days. When he approaches the divorced single mother Adele (Winslet) and her son Henry (Gattlin Griffith) in a supermarket they feel threatened by his bloody clothes and forceful manner and, although reluctant to do so, they escort him back to their house. Then, in an unexpected turn of luck, they learn that Frank means them no harm and instead of maintaining his identity as a killer-on-the-run he adopts that of being a father to Henry and a lover to Adele. But with the manhunt still in process, will their new shot at domestic bliss be short-lived?"

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Littérature américaine"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Americké romány"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Translations"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Labor Day"@en
  • "Labor Day"
  • "Long week-end"
  • "Labor day a novel"@en
  • "Labor Day : A Novel"
  • "Labour Day"
  • "Como caído del cielo"
  • "Como caído del cielo"@es
  • "Os Aromas do Verão"
  • "Labor Day : a novel"
  • "Ostatni dzień lata"@pl
  • "Cómo caído del cielo"
  • "一日・一生"
  • "Yi ri yi sheng"
  • "Een lang weekend"
  • "Long week-end : roman"
  • "Der Duft des Sommers Roman"
  • "Labor day : [a novel]"
  • "Labor day"
  • "Labour day"
  • "Der Duft des Sommers : Roman"
  • "Yi ri, yi sheng"
  • "Sváteční víkend"
  • "Labor Day : [ novel]"
  • "Un giorno come tanti"@it
  • "Un giorno come tanti"
  • "一日一生"

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