TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bloom,Amy
ED  - Bloom, Amy
TI  - I'll be right here: a novel 
SN  - 9781984801722
AV  - PS3552.L6378 I45 2025
U1  - 813/.54 23/eng/20241210
PY  - 2025///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Families
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Love
KW  - Siblings
KW  - Lesbians
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Novels
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "Immigrating alone from Paris to New York after the crucible of World War II, Gazala Benamar, still a teenager, becomes fast friends with two spirited sisters, Anne and Alma. When Gazala's lost, beloved brother Samir finally joins her in Manhattan, this contentious, inseparable foursome will last into the twenty-first century, becoming the beating heart of a multigenerational found family. These decades are marked by the business of everyday life and the inevitable surprises of erupting passions [and] great and small waves of joy and despair, from the beginning of life to its end. Gazala and Samir make a home together, Alma loses a baby, Anne leaves her husband for his sister, and Anne's restless daughter grows up to raise a child on her own and join a throuple, becoming who she wanted to be. Through it all, and the history of these decades, the four friends, and their best beloveds, stand by one another--protecting, annoying, and celebrating each other"--
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