{"product_id":"love-in-case-of-emergency-a-novel-isbn-9780063006010","title":"Love in Case of Emergency: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Fans of Sarah Dunn, Elisabeth Egan, and Isabel Gillies will relate to the multifaceted lives of Krien’s characters, brilliantly rendered in her vivid voice.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWriting with the wry realism of Sally Rooney, one of Germany’ most promising literary talents demonstrates her incisive understanding of the complexities of relationships and the depths of the human heart in this witty and compulsively readable novel about five very different women whose lives intersect.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when women fulfill their roles as wives, mothers, friends, lovers, sisters, and daughters? What comes next? Award-winning author Daniela Krien explores these questions in this powerful novel of friendship, love, loss, and everything in between. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrien explores the hopes, ambitions, challenges, and disappointments that shape modern women’s lives, offering intimate insights on motherhood and childlessness, bereavement, infidelity, and divorce. At the heart of the novel are five very different women who find themselves hurtling towards a new way of living without knowing quite how they got there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fresh take on women’s lives, \u003cem\u003eLove in Case of Emergency\u003c\/em\u003e is a punchy yet sensitive novel that takes the notion of aspiring to find happiness and connection to new and exhilarating heights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated from the German by Jamie Bulloch \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn spite of its serious subject, Love in Case of Emergency is a novel that will make your heart jump for joy.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGérard Otremba, Sounds and Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile reading the book the women become confidants and reveal themselves thereby remaining genuine, but most of all believable. Maybe that is the artistry, the literary concept of Daniela Krien, the familiar truthfulness of her characters, their touching intimacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilke Müller, Stern, Hamburg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the one book that I would like to hand to everyone who wants to know something about contemporary German literature, the country and its people. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenis Scheck, WDR, Cologne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fans of Sarah Dunn, Elisabeth Egan, and Isabel Gillies will relate to the multifaceted lives of Krien’s characters, brilliantly rendered in her vivid voice.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eLove in Case of Emergency\u003c\/em\u003e] is hopeful but never sentimental about how love might be parsed, and Krien is unfailingly impressive in her depiction of the lives of these five very different women.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"German novelist and award-winning short story author Krien (\u003cem\u003eSomeday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything\u003c\/em\u003e) has produced a sensitive, intricate study of the connected stories of her characters, who seek a shield against the deep loneliness caused by unwanted solitude or by being with the wrong person. Readers will find something relatable in one or more of the lives of these women.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This exquisite portrait of five middle-class women's lives is utterly captivating... A beautifully written masterclass in human frailty.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen and Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Witty and candid, \u003cem\u003eLove in Case of Emergency\u003c\/em\u003e deftly examines the world of relationships, and the challenges, ambitions and failures of the women who take part in them.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eLove in Case of Emergency\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that will make your heart jump for joy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSounds \u0026amp; Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With psychological refinement, Daniela Krien recounts the chaos of feelings and the short half-life of modern ways of living.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue Germany\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nothing in this life is for free. And this is why this book entertains and is food for thought, with remarkable women in their thirties and forties.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerliner Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Krien's writing (translated excellently by Jamie Bulloch) is sparse and precise...there is [a] hopeful slant to the novel's concern with transition -- encapsulated by the migration of swifts through each chapter.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Written in unsentimental, affecting prose, this is an intelligent study of female desire, ambition, and frailty.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889626542309,"sku":"NP9780063006010","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063006010.jpg?v=1730231628","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/love-in-case-of-emergency-a-novel-isbn-9780063006010","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}