Emily, Alone (Hardcover) by Stewart O'Nan

from rmckeown

A couple of years ago, I read a curious and interesting little novel by an author I had never heard of. When I met O'Nan at a conference and got a copy of his newest novel, I was eager to try him again. Emily, Alone is a quiet, earnest story of ordinary people going about their daily lives, tryin...

from edparks

Unless Emily, Alone, wins one of the major literary awards it is unlikely that it will make the New York Times Best Seller List. The only problem with that, and I feel that Stewart O'Nan doesn't give a hoot about "The List", is thousands of readers will be deprived of a special, masterful, litera...

from TimBazzett

I must have a bit of old lady in me, because I found myself empathizing with Emily in her 'aloneness' throughout EMILY, ALONE. But then author O'Nan must have some of the same in him; otherwise how does he get Emily so letter-perfect? Here's a story of an aging widow, living alone with her dog (R...

from coppers

Emily of Emily, Alone is the family matriarch last seen in O'Nan's Wish You Were Here. Now, seven years after the events of that book, Emily lives alone with her extraordinarily old dog, Rufus, ventures out with her sister-in-law, Arlene, waits for visits from her children, and wryly ruminates ab...

from deborahk

Who are you Stewart O'Nan and why would you write such a brave personal book about an aged woman in Pittsburgh? Didn't anybody ever tell you that nobody cares about women over 50? Emily Alone is an astounding book, nothing really happens in it, but as Emily progresses through a year of her life, ...