Say Say Say by Lila Savage
Ella is nearing thirty, and not yet living the life she imagined. Her artistic ambitions as a student have given way to an unintended career as a care worker. One spring, Bryn - a retired carpenter - hires her to help him care for Jill, his wife of many years. A car accident caused a brain injury that has left Jill verbally diminished; she moves about the house like a ghost of her former self. As Ella is drawn ever deeper into the couple's household, she is profoundly moved by the tenderness Bryn shows toward the wife he still fiercely loves. Ella is startled by the yearning this awakens in her, one that complicates her feelings for her girlfriend, Alix, and causes her to look at relationships of all kinds - between partners, between employer and employee, and above all between men and women - in new ways. Tightly woven, humane and insightful, tracing the most intimate reaches of a young woman's heart and mind, Say Say Say is a riveting story about what it means to love, in a world where time is always running out.
Say Say Say is something quite special, unlike anything else I've ever readLila Savage's imagination is warm and generous. Her novel is haunting, original, intelligent. -- Tessa Hadley
I cannot think when I last read a novel which moved me so deeply. Her approach is both unflinching and extraordinarily tender. -- Sarah Perry
Say Say Say will likely make you cry ... It is a book written for the better angels of our nature. * Wall Street Journal *
Brilliant, compelling, entertaining and a joy to read. It is an extraordinarily good book. -- Philippa Perry
Say Say Say is a powerful and thought-provoking novel about the role of care-giver and whether simple kindness is enough. In looking after someone profoundly changed after a car accident, Ella confronts her own prejudices and discovers more about herself. An impressive and affecting debut, this book had me reflecting on compassion, gender roles, and what it means to love. -- Claire Fuller
A gem of a book. A lyrical, tender, and profoundly insightful dive into the act of caregiving and its highly charged nexus of love, duty, and longing. Lila Savage is an enormous talent; Say Say Say is a mesmerising tour de force. -- Abraham Verghese
Lila Savage, through the experience of the caregiver Ella, vividly illuminates what sustains us when facing suffering and loss: relationships based on trust, honesty, humility and, most of all, the tenacity of love. Say Say Say stirs the reader's mind and heart, and resonates long after the book is closed. -- Jerome Groopman
Lila's observations on the ordinary lives of one carer and one couple living with the wake of a devastating brain injury between them are breathtaking; raw, powerful and pivotally, unabashed. Her writing is effortlessly absorbed. Say Say Say asks what exactly it can mean to love, when you care for life's most vulnerable people and the answer is both devastating and beautiful. -- Aoife Abbey
Quietly forceful, Savage's luminous debut is beautifully written, and will stay with readers long after the final page. * Publisher's Weekly starred review *
I cannot think when I last read a novel which moved me so deeply. Her approach is both unflinching and extraordinarily tender. -- Sarah Perry
Say Say Say will likely make you cry ... It is a book written for the better angels of our nature. * Wall Street Journal *
Brilliant, compelling, entertaining and a joy to read. It is an extraordinarily good book. -- Philippa Perry
Say Say Say is a powerful and thought-provoking novel about the role of care-giver and whether simple kindness is enough. In looking after someone profoundly changed after a car accident, Ella confronts her own prejudices and discovers more about herself. An impressive and affecting debut, this book had me reflecting on compassion, gender roles, and what it means to love. -- Claire Fuller
A gem of a book. A lyrical, tender, and profoundly insightful dive into the act of caregiving and its highly charged nexus of love, duty, and longing. Lila Savage is an enormous talent; Say Say Say is a mesmerising tour de force. -- Abraham Verghese
Lila Savage, through the experience of the caregiver Ella, vividly illuminates what sustains us when facing suffering and loss: relationships based on trust, honesty, humility and, most of all, the tenacity of love. Say Say Say stirs the reader's mind and heart, and resonates long after the book is closed. -- Jerome Groopman
Lila's observations on the ordinary lives of one carer and one couple living with the wake of a devastating brain injury between them are breathtaking; raw, powerful and pivotally, unabashed. Her writing is effortlessly absorbed. Say Say Say asks what exactly it can mean to love, when you care for life's most vulnerable people and the answer is both devastating and beautiful. -- Aoife Abbey
Quietly forceful, Savage's luminous debut is beautifully written, and will stay with readers long after the final page. * Publisher's Weekly starred review *
Lila Savage is originally from Minneapolis. Prior to writing fiction, she spent nearly a decade working as a caregiver. Her work has appeared in The Threepenny Review. She is the recipient of a Wallace Stegner fellowship and graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2018. She lives in San Francisco.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788162234 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788162234 |
| Title | Say Say Say |
| Author | Lila Savage |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2020-03-05 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
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