A Little Hope
by Ethan Joella
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Pub Date Apr 28 2022 | Archive Date Jul 26 2023
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Description
An ode to the beauty of the everyday, A Little Hope tracks the losses, loves and dreams of a small Connecticut town. A moving, life-affirming novel focussing on the residents of Wharton as they face everyday fears and desires, a lost love, a stalled career, a diagnosis that pulls at the heartstrings, for readers of Olive Kitteridge and A Spool of Blue Thread.
In the small town of Wharton, Connecticut, lives are beginning to unravel. A husband betrays his wife. A son struggles with addiction. A widow misses her late spouse. At the heart of these interlinking stories is one couple: Freddie and Greg Tyler.
Greg has just been diagnosed with a brutal form of cancer. He intends to handle this the way he has faced everything else: through grit and determination. But can he successfully overcome his illness? How will the Freddie and their daughter cope if he doesn’t? How do the other residents of Wharton learn to live with loss and find happiness again?
Celebrating the grace in everyday life, this powerful debut immerses the reader in a community of friends, family, and neighbours and identifies the ways that love and forgiveness can help us survive even the most difficult of life’s challenges.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
'Poignant and quietly powerful…inspiring’ New York Times
'Readers of Meg Wolitzer will gravitate to this immersive, illuminating novel’ Booklist
‘Wonderfully observed and immensely touching, a beautiful portrait of the poignant moments in life that change us’ Ashley Audrain, author of The Push
‘Forgiveness and redemption are the soul of this novel, but it's the love you will remember long after you put it down’ Adrianna Trigiani, author of The Shoemakers Wife
‘An elegantly written debut. I absolutely loved it.’ Brandon Hobson, author of The Removed
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781739966003 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
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Featured Reviews
Marieke d, Reviewer
We all lose people in life. If it’s a crush, a spouse, a sibling, a child, a parent, a friend. We all lose and grieve. Multiple times. How do we all survive?
A couple, dealing with illness. A mom who lost her husband so many years ago. A son who lost his dad and his girlfriend. The girlfriend who still yearns for those long lost times. An employer who sees his employee almost as a substitute to his long lost son. So many people in pain because of a loss. But still, even if they lose there’s always a little hope. That’s what this story is about.
The writing is in third person/present tense. My least favorite, to be honest. But some of the most beautiful books ever, have been written in third person/present tense (i.e. Beartown, Cloud Cuckoo Land). A Little Hope is a stilled story, all those characters trying to overcome their losses, their lives intertwining so naturally. It’s also an easy read; I read on and on without even noticing that I already read so many pages.
Even though I liked the story and the characters, it took me a (long) while to feel emotionally connected to the characters. Hannah’s POV (including Luke’s) touched me the most. Maybe the story kept me at bay because of the countless POV’s and the huge time jumps. Sometimes it seemed that only sad snippets were taken from so many people’s lives.
Mara L, Reviewer
A Little Hope by Ethan Joella is a beautiful book about the ways we are connected and the hope we can find even in moments of despair. The book is written in connecting vignettes about a variety of characters who live in a Connecticut town. It moves swiftly touching on the everyday lives and personal triumphs and tragedies of each character. I really liked the quick pacing and the lean storytelling. Sometimes it was a little hard to connect to the characters, but the stories really grabbed me.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.
Summer H, Educator
Highly recommend!! My first book to read by this author but definitely not my last!! Uniquely and beautifully written, this story and its characters stay with you long after you finish the book.
June W, Reviewer
Wharton is a small town in Connecticut. This story follows the lives of a range of its residents. It is a selection of stories, with the characters all interconnected, sharing their loves, losses, tragedies, hopes and dreams.
Some of the stories are less interesting than others, but all have a part to play in the evolving plot. The book is fast paced and the characters are well written, and although it did take me a while to get into the mood of the writing I did enjoy it.
3.5* rounded up to 4*.
Thank you NetGalley.
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