The Year Of Pleasures
  • Published: 1 June 2007
  • ISBN: 9780099476474
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $32.99

The Year Of Pleasures

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'What a lovely writer. Clever, compassionate and superbly skilled, she writes about her characters so poignantly and perceptively that few can match her.' Elizabeth Buchan, bestselling author of Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

A woman rediscovers meaning in life - a rich and deeply satisfying novel by the bestselling author of The Art of Mending and Open House.

When Betta Nolan's husband dies, she honours a promise she made to him to move to a small town and start a new life. Without minimizing her great sorrow, she nevertheless attempts to find pleasure on a daily basis. The Year of Pleasures is about deliberately acknowledging the solace found in ordinary things: a warm bath, good food, the beauty of nature, music, art found in museums and in gardens. Above all, it is about the various kindnesses people can and do offer one another. Betta's journey from grief to joy is an inspiring reminder of what is available to us all, regardless of our life circumstances. It suggests that no matter who we lose, life can still give bountifully to those who will receive.
  • Published: 1 June 2007
  • ISBN: 9780099476474
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the author

Elizabeth Berg

Elizabeth Berg is the author of several highly praised works of fiction, which have been bestsellers in the United States. She lives in Chicago.

Also by Elizabeth Berg

Open House
We Are All Welcome Here
The Art Of Mending
Say When
True To Form
Range Of Motion
Pull Of The Moon
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Praise for The Year Of Pleasures

Praise for Elizabeth Berg: 'Berg oozes warmth, wisdom and generosity of spirit. Her writing is quite brilliant, as soft as a kiss, as sharp as a knife. An American Maeve Binchy, a modern-day Jane Austen, whatever praise you heap on Elizabeth Berg, she probably deserves it.

Anna Maxted

Berg knows her characters intimately-she gets under their skin and leaves the reader with an indelible impression of lives challenged and changed.

The Seattle Times

Heartwrenching and hilarious. Berg sits somewhere between Anne Tyler and Alice Hoffman.

Chicago Sun-Times

Maybe Freud didn't know the answer to what women want, but Elizabeth Berg certainly does.

USA Today

We loved this American family tale with its well drawn characters. It gripped like the best of thrillers

Bella

The author gets us to believe in her characters thereby making their ghastly dilemma seem all the more real. The result is a novel that, while staying just on the right side of sentimentality, is unafraid of dealing with strong emotions

Christina Koning, The Times