If You Could See Me Now
Cecelia Ahern
If you could see me now
HarperCollins, 2005
ISBN: 0007212259
To Sandra, Enjoy the Read! Cecelia Ahern. When she wrote that (yesterday) I told her I would. And indeed I did. If you could see me now is so different from her other two books and yet it has the same warmth and compassion as the other two. It just draws you in.
It's the story of a woman who never had the chance to really do what SHE wanted to. When her mother leaves the family, she is left with raising her little sister. When she leaves her family to study, her father does not forgive her. And then she has to come home because her sister refuses to take care of her little son. So Elizabeth ends up raising her little nephew Luke. All her dreams of leaving this suffocating village, living in NY with her boyfriend and working in a job she enjoys, are shattered. So she becomes this really tidy, uptight person who never allows herself to laugh, or who simply forgot what that is.
But then, Ivan Elbisivni from Ekam Eveileb enters their life. He is everything Elizabeth is not: carefree, spontaneous, adventurous and funny. With his help, Elizabeth dicovers something that had been missing from her life for so long: fun, love and enjoying yourself. But their relationship also gives Ivan something that he had never experienced before. That someone sees him like he is. Looks him straight in the eyes. Loves him. That is something new for Ivan, who is, after all, an ivisible friend.
..."Bonjour, Madame," Ivan spoke.
Elizabeth looked up to see both Ivan and Luke entering the conservatory from the garden. Both had a magnifying glass held up to their right eye, the effect causing their eyes to appear gigantic. Across their upper lip a mustache had been drawn in black marker. She couldn't help but laugh. [...]
"Forgive us for just barging into your 'ome. Allow us to introduce ourselves. I am Mister Monsiour and zis iz my foolish sidekick, Monsieur Rotalsnart."
Luke giggled. "It's backwards for translator."
"Oh." Elizabeth nodded. "Well, it's very nice to meet you both but I'm afraid I'm very busy here, so if you don't mind..." She widened her eyes at Ivan. [...]
"Do you think she did it?" Luke asked.
"We shall see. Madame, a worm was found squished to death earlier today on the path leading from your conservatory to the clothesline. His devastated family tell us he left home when the rain had stopped in order to cross the path to the other side of the garden. His reasons for wanting to go there are not known, but it's what worms do..."
Cecelia Ahern, born in 1981, is the daughter of Ireland's prime minister Bertie Ahern. (Now, who wins the Google Fight?) Before starting her carreer as an author, she completed her degree in journalism and media communications. She is the author of PS, I love you and Rosie Dunne.
Available at Amazon in English and Deutsch.
English, novel, humor
If you could see me now
HarperCollins, 2005
ISBN: 0007212259
To Sandra, Enjoy the Read! Cecelia Ahern. When she wrote that (yesterday) I told her I would. And indeed I did. If you could see me now is so different from her other two books and yet it has the same warmth and compassion as the other two. It just draws you in.
It's the story of a woman who never had the chance to really do what SHE wanted to. When her mother leaves the family, she is left with raising her little sister. When she leaves her family to study, her father does not forgive her. And then she has to come home because her sister refuses to take care of her little son. So Elizabeth ends up raising her little nephew Luke. All her dreams of leaving this suffocating village, living in NY with her boyfriend and working in a job she enjoys, are shattered. So she becomes this really tidy, uptight person who never allows herself to laugh, or who simply forgot what that is.
But then, Ivan Elbisivni from Ekam Eveileb enters their life. He is everything Elizabeth is not: carefree, spontaneous, adventurous and funny. With his help, Elizabeth dicovers something that had been missing from her life for so long: fun, love and enjoying yourself. But their relationship also gives Ivan something that he had never experienced before. That someone sees him like he is. Looks him straight in the eyes. Loves him. That is something new for Ivan, who is, after all, an ivisible friend.
..."Bonjour, Madame," Ivan spoke.
Elizabeth looked up to see both Ivan and Luke entering the conservatory from the garden. Both had a magnifying glass held up to their right eye, the effect causing their eyes to appear gigantic. Across their upper lip a mustache had been drawn in black marker. She couldn't help but laugh. [...]
"Forgive us for just barging into your 'ome. Allow us to introduce ourselves. I am Mister Monsiour and zis iz my foolish sidekick, Monsieur Rotalsnart."
Luke giggled. "It's backwards for translator."
"Oh." Elizabeth nodded. "Well, it's very nice to meet you both but I'm afraid I'm very busy here, so if you don't mind..." She widened her eyes at Ivan. [...]
"Do you think she did it?" Luke asked.
"We shall see. Madame, a worm was found squished to death earlier today on the path leading from your conservatory to the clothesline. His devastated family tell us he left home when the rain had stopped in order to cross the path to the other side of the garden. His reasons for wanting to go there are not known, but it's what worms do..."
Cecelia Ahern, born in 1981, is the daughter of Ireland's prime minister Bertie Ahern. (Now, who wins the Google Fight?) Before starting her carreer as an author, she completed her degree in journalism and media communications. She is the author of PS, I love you and Rosie Dunne.
Available at Amazon in English and Deutsch.
English, novel, humor
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