Lolly Winston

a novel

Good grief

"The marriage of a seemingly perfect couple dissolves into a complicated dance of affairs, lovers, and admirers"--Provided by the publisher.

A Novel

Happiness Sold Separately

From the New York Times bestselling author of Good Grief comes a richly poignant and stirring story that asks: How soon is too soon to fall in love again? The last thing Rudy expected was to wake up one Saturday morning, a widow at fifty-four years old. Now, ten months after the untimely death of his beloved wife, he’s still not sure how to move on from the defining tragedy of his life—but his new job is helping. After being downsized from his finance position, Rudy turned to his first love: the piano. Some people might be embarrassed to work as the piano player at Nordstrom, but for Rudy, there’s joy in bringing a little music into the world. And it doesn’t hurt that Sasha, the Hungarian men’s watch clerk who is finally divorcing her no-good husband, finds time to join him at the bench every now and then. Just when Rudy and Sasha’s relationship begins to deepen, the police come to the store with an update about Rudy’s wife’s untimely death—a coworker has confessed to her murder—but Rudy’s actions are suspicious enough to warrant a second look at him, too. With Sasha’s husband suddenly reappearing, and Rudy’s daughter confronting her own marital problems, suddenly life becomes more complicated than Rudy and Sasha could have imagined. With Winston’s trademark humor and sweetness that will appeal to readers of Jennifer Weiner and Fredrik Backman but is uniquely her own, Lolly Winston delivers a heartfelt and realistic portrait of loss and grief, hope and forgiveness, and two imperfect people coming together to create a perfect love story.

Me for You

Happiness sold separately

Hur kan jag vara änka? Änkor är gamla kvinnor med hornbågade glasögon och koftor som luktar malkulor?. Sophie Stanton är 36 år gammal och kan inte förstå hur det här kunnat drabba henne. Själv tycker hon att hon knappt hunnit vänja sig vid att vara gift. Brustna hjärtans café är en varm och rolig berättelse om en ung kvinnas sorgearbete. Efter makens död faller Sophies tillvaro samman. Hon förlorar kontrollen över sitt liv, och är inte den stilfulla Jackie Kennedy-änka hon så gärna vill vara. Sophie är mer av Jack Daniels-typen, hon tröstar sig själv med glass till frukost och går till jobbet i pyjamas och morgontofflor. Efter att ha förlorat såväl sitt midjemått som sitt jobb flyttar hon till landsbygden i Oregon, där hon lär sig leva igen genom sin vänskap med en trettonårig punkartjej. Långsamt börjar hon att skapa ett nytt liv åt sig själv, ett liv Sophie inte kunde ha föreställt sig att hon skulle kunna leva. Hon öppnar Brustna hjärtans café som blir en mötesplats för människor i trakten. Lolly Winstons debutroman hittar humorn och värmen i en traumatisk situation, utan att trivialisera sorgen.

Brustna hjärtans café

"36-year-old Sophie Stanton has lost her young husband to cancer. In an age where women are expected to be high-achievers, Sophie desperately wants to be a good widow - a graceful, composed Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. Alas, Sophie is more of a Jack Daniels kind. Guzzling cartons of ice-cream for breakfast, breaking down in the frozen food aisle of her local supermarket, showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers - soon she's not only lost her husband, but her job and her waistline. With nowhere to go but up, Sophie leaves California for Oregon and after several false starts opens her own fabulous bakery. Soon Sophie finds herself trying to cope with the demands of her eccentric mother-in-law and Crystal, a teenager with even less of a grip on life than Sophie. Juggling the success of the bakery, her friends and her new life, Sophie proves that with enough humour and chutzpah it is possible to have life after loss. And falling in love again is all she needs-

Sophie's Bakery for the Broken Hearted

Un romanzo delicato e ironico, che grazie a un'indimenticabile protagonista mescola la malinconia a una buona dose di umorismo. Un bestseller che ha conquistato i lettori di tutto il mondo e ha fatto conoscere un'autrice di straordinario talento.

Cioccolata per due

Nach dem Tod ihres geliebten Mannes Ethan ist Sophie zunächst am Boden zerstört. Nie hätte sie sich vorgestellt, dass ihre Ehe einmal so zu Ende gehen könnte. Schließlich sieht sie nur noch einen Ausweg: Sie muss ihr ganzes bisheriges Leben auf den Kopf stellen und noch einmal ganz von vorne anfangen.

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Himmelblau & Rabenschwarz

36-year-old Sophie Stanton has lost her young husband to cancer. In an age where women are expected to be high-achievers, Sophie desperately wants to be a good widow - a graceful, composed Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. Alas, Sophie is more of a Jack Daniels kind. Guzzling cartons of ice-cream for breakfast, breaking down in the frozen food aisle of her local supermarket, showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers - soon she's not only lost her husband, but her job and her waistline. With nowhere to go but up, Sophie leaves California for Oregon and after several false starts opens her own fabulous bakery. Juggling the success of the bakery, her friends and her new life, Sophie proves that with enough humour and chutzpah it is possible to have life after loss. And falling in love again is all she needs...

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