Even If Everything Ends

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Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer team up to exonerate a woman who’s already served five years for killing her ex-husband. Tonårstjejen vars familj splittrats av bränderna befinner sig i en slags uppsamlingsläger och trots att hela hennes liv är upp och ner får en ung kille hennes hjärta att slå fortare. The most richly accomplished of the brothers’ pairings to date—and given Connelly’s high standards, that’s saying a lot.

This one is about a young woman we soon find out is Vilja from the first story. She’s still looking for her family, and eventually finds her mother. She also finds Martin in the hospital, and then the family is reunited in the end. Und das ist auch der Grund, warum "Der Anfang von Morgen" so ein wichtiges Buch ist, weil es durch seinen krassen Realitätsbezug die Leser:innen zur Selbstreflexion zwingt und weil das möglicherweise einen kleinen Teil zum Umdenken beitragen kann. The last time I was happy, we were at a retail park. Society had finally opened up again, and we drove out there with the kids, past the roundabouts and the Ikea, the electronics store, another selling appliances, a huge supermarket, to the place she had found: the last physical shop for that kind of thing now that everything had shifted online. We wanted to go there in person, actually see it with our own eyes, allow ourselves to get drunk on longing for our child.Ein Buch, was uns auf drastische Weise auf den Klimawandel und dessen Folgen hinweist und allein deswegen schon beachtenswert ist! Even when the climate crisis escalates beyond our worst nightmares and people become refugees, the world keeps turning and life carries on as usual: teenaged love stories, marital collapses, identity crises, and revolts against hopeless parents continue to play out. But even that anxiety faded, even that moment passed, and all that was left was the sum total, the numbers on the display, a figure that was slightly larger than the amount I’d paid for my first car. And yet, against this hellscape, life goes on. Marriages collapse; teenagers fall in love; parents succumb to midlife crises; children rebel. The four main characters respond quite differently to the deterioration of the world around them. Didrik finds himself wanting—but failing—to care for those closest to him; Melissa values individual happiness over everything else; André grows increasingly despondent and angry; and Vilja takes charge. Which character to you most empathize with, and why?

In uno scenario apocalittico, dopo la pandemia da Covid 19 che ci ha quasi messi in ginocchio, Lijenstrand ci mette di fronte ad eventi naturali causati dal surriscaldamento globale, inquinamento, uso sconsiderato delle risorse che ci offre il nostro pianeta e corsa al consumo che potrebbero costarci davvero caro. André and Jennie, Anders’ gardener, often discuss the state of the world, and the past versus the future. They discuss “how easy it was to avert our eyes from evil, fear, and darkness, but most of all from our responsibility to see the world as it is” (p. 309). How do you feel about this statement? Den fjärde karaktären är Didriks dotter Vilja, 14 år kommer med ”girlpower”. Det är fint att Liljestrand fokaliserar två unga och två äldre, två kvinnor och två män. Melissa vive l’emergenza come un automa, da spettatrice, cercando con tutta sé stessa di evitare il problema imbottendosi di farmaci e vivendo sui social. This reading group guide for Even If Everything Ends includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book

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Als viertes kommt Vilja, die Teenager-Tochter von Didrik zu Wort. Sie mausert sich angesichts der Katastrophe vom launischen Teenager mit großer Liebe zum Konsum zu der fast verantwortungsvollsten und erwachsensten handelnden Person des Romans. Sie zeigt sich kämpferisch, ist enttäuscht über das Versagen, die Tatenlosigkeit und Hilflosigkeit der Erwachsenen und wandelt ihre Angst in Tatendrang um. Sie nimmt die Dinge in die Hand, kümmert sich um ihre Mutter und um die Kinder im Flüchtlingslager, in dem sie und ihre Mutter gelandet sind. Mit Viljas Charakter konnte ich am meisten anfangen und fand sie am authentischsten und glaubhaftesten. In una Svezia devastata dagli incendi, con un’estate così calda che non si era mai vista conosciamo quattro protagonisti. After André steals his father’s boat and sets sail with his new crewmates, he reflects upon the difficulty of forcing people who spend their entire lives living comfortably to recognize that the climate crisis is real. Instead he offers, “We need to teach them that the worst thing isn’t what nature is going to do to us, it’s what we’re going to do to each other”(p. 298). Discuss what you think André means by this. Do you agree or disagree? Reflect on what you do in your daily life to contribute to your carbon footprint. Do you think you can improve upon this? With your group, create some goals and see if you can support each other in achieving them.