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Name: I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere

Author: Anna Gavalda
Year: 1999
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Genres/categories:
Short Stories, Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
Culture: France

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ISBNs:
9782290311783
2290311782

I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere explores how a life can be changed irrevocably in just one fateful moment. A pregnant mother's plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the motorway in the newspaper the next morning; while a perfect date is spoilt by a single act of thoughtlessness. In those crucial moments Gavalda demonstrates her almost magical skill in conveying love, lust, longing, and loneliness.

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