02494cam a2200409 i 4500 1164798252 TxAuBib 20191211120000.0 190426s2019||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9780316425872 large print; hardcover 0316425877 large print; hardcover (OCoLC)1101654500 BYV eng rda BYV BYV BDX UKMGB OCLCF PX0 OJ4 VAX TxAuBib rda Donoghue, Emma, 1969-, author. Akin [large print] : a novel / Emma Donoghue. Large print edition ; First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. 532 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower living on the Upper West Side, but born in the South of France. He is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing with him a handful of puzzling photos he's discovered from his mother's wartime years. But he receives a call from social services: Noah is the closest available relative of an eleven-year-old great-nephew he's never met, who urgently needs someone to look after him. Out of a feeling of obligation, Noah agrees to take Michael along on his trip. Much has changed in this famously charming seaside mecca, still haunted by memories of the Nazi occupation. The unlikely duo, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, bicker about everything from steak fries to screen time. But Noah gradually comes to appreciate the boy's truculent wit, and Michael's ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family's past. Both come to grasp the risks people in all eras have run for their loved ones, and find they are more akin than they knew."--provided by publisher. 20191211. Vacations Fiction. Retirees Fiction. Older people Fiction. Boys Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Intergenerational relations Fiction. Families Fiction. Large type books. Nice (France) Fiction. Riviera (France) Fiction. Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. TXKIP