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The circumstances of Molly Marx's death may be suspicious, but she hasn't lost her joie de vivre. Newly arrived in the hereafter, aka the Duration, Molly, thirty-five years old, is delighted to discover that she can still keep tabs on those she left behind: Annabel, her beloved four-year-old daughter; Lucy, her combustible twin sister; Kitty, her piece-of-work mother-in-law; Brie, her beautiful and steadfast best friend; and, of course, her husband, Barry, a plastic surgeon with more than a professional interest in many of his female patients. As a bonus, Molly quickly realizes that the afterlife comes with a finely tuned bullshit detector.As Molly looks on, her loved ones try to discern whether her death was an accident, suicide, or murder. She was last seen alive leaving for a bike ride through New York City's Riverside Park; her body was found lying on the bank of the Hudson River. Did a stranger lure Molly to danger? Did she plan to meet someone she thought she could trust? Could she have ended her own life for mysterious reasons, or did she simply lose control of her bike? As the police question her circle of intimates, Molly relives the years and days that led up to her sudden end: her marriage, troubled yet tender; her charmed work life as a magazine decorating editor; and the irresistible colleague to whom she was drawn.More than anything, Molly finds herself watching over Annabel - and realizing how motherhood helped to bring out her very best self. As the investigation into her death proceeds, Molly will relive her most precious moments - and take responsibility for the choices in her life.Exploring the bonds of fidelity, family, and friendship, and narrated by a memorable and endearing character, The Late, Lamented Molly Marx is a hilarious, deeply moving, and thought-provoking novel that is part mystery, part love story, and all heart.… (mehr)
Gut gelesen, aber die Story? Entweder ist es so gekürzt, dass viel fehlt ... vor allem der rote Faden ... oder die Geschichte ist irgendwie unausgewogen, unentschieden ( )
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"The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible." Oscar Wilde
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When I imagined my funeral, this wasn't what I had in mind.
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I, the late, lamented Molly Marx, take one last, long look. I am done. Complete.I am rested now. I can return to The Duration, for whatever is to come.
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The circumstances of Molly Marx's death may be suspicious, but she hasn't lost her joie de vivre. Newly arrived in the hereafter, aka the Duration, Molly, thirty-five years old, is delighted to discover that she can still keep tabs on those she left behind: Annabel, her beloved four-year-old daughter; Lucy, her combustible twin sister; Kitty, her piece-of-work mother-in-law; Brie, her beautiful and steadfast best friend; and, of course, her husband, Barry, a plastic surgeon with more than a professional interest in many of his female patients. As a bonus, Molly quickly realizes that the afterlife comes with a finely tuned bullshit detector.As Molly looks on, her loved ones try to discern whether her death was an accident, suicide, or murder. She was last seen alive leaving for a bike ride through New York City's Riverside Park; her body was found lying on the bank of the Hudson River. Did a stranger lure Molly to danger? Did she plan to meet someone she thought she could trust? Could she have ended her own life for mysterious reasons, or did she simply lose control of her bike? As the police question her circle of intimates, Molly relives the years and days that led up to her sudden end: her marriage, troubled yet tender; her charmed work life as a magazine decorating editor; and the irresistible colleague to whom she was drawn.More than anything, Molly finds herself watching over Annabel - and realizing how motherhood helped to bring out her very best self. As the investigation into her death proceeds, Molly will relive her most precious moments - and take responsibility for the choices in her life.Exploring the bonds of fidelity, family, and friendship, and narrated by a memorable and endearing character, The Late, Lamented Molly Marx is a hilarious, deeply moving, and thought-provoking novel that is part mystery, part love story, and all heart.
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Molly schwebt als Geist über ihrem eigenen Begräbnis und ist gar nicht zufrieden. Das hatte sie sich anders vorgestellt! Ein bisschen idyllischer und erbaulicher hätte es schon sein dürfen...und was machen eigentlich die vielen Leute hier, mit denen sie zu Lebzeiten kein einziges Wort gewechselt hat? Eins steht für Molly jedenfalls fest: Sie will noch nicht endgültig ins Jenseits verschwinden. Sie muss doch wissen, was aus ihrer kleinen Tochter wird, aus ihrer lebensuntüchtigen Schwester, ihrer besten Freundin, ihrem untreuen Ehemann – und ihrem Geliebten.
Hinzu kommt, dass sie sich an die genauen Umstände ihres Todes nicht erinnert. Sie hatte einen Unfall mit dem Fahrrad, aber wie kam es dazu? Offenbar ging nicht alles mit rechten Dingen zu, denn ein Detective der New Yorker Polizei ermittelt.
»Molly Marx' Stimme aus dem Grab ist witzig, warm und frisch. In der Rückschau auf Mollys Leben erzählt Sally Koslow eine Geschichte von Ehe, Familie und Freundschaft, in der jede(r) etwas von sich wiedererkennen wird. Und wer hätte gedacht, dass es so viel Spaß machen kann, mit einer Toten herumzuziehen!« Meg Waite Clayton