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• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

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Jojo Moyes' novel Someone Else's Shoes is a story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances. Nisha Cantor is forced to walk in someone else's shoes after her husband announces a divorce, and Sam Kemp accidentally takes her gym bag. When she tries on Nisha's six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes, she realizes something must change, and that is herself. The story is full of Jojo Moyes' humor, storytelling, and warmth.

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ONE

Sam stares up at the lightening ceiling and practices her breathing to stop her 5 a.m. thoughts from congealing into one dark cloud. She is healthy, her family is healthy, and her parents are still alive. She imagines fending off her mother's comments about how they always visit Phil's mother, but she hears her mother's response. She finds she has a lot of imaginary arguments, but none of them ever leave her lips in real life.

She is not living in an actual war zone, but thinking about those poor children in war zones makes her eyes prickle with tears. Cat is struggling to find the time to book a doctor's appointment due to her periods and hormonal spots. She is frustrated that there is no time to book a doctor's appointment and that her mother has given her a day pass for a gym and spa that expires tomorrow. Cat is frustrated that her mother has given her a day pass for a gym and spa that expires tomorrow, and that her mother has given her a day pass for a gym and spa that expires tomorrow. Cat is frustrated that her mother has given her a day pass for a gym and spa that expires tomorrow and that her mother has given her a day pass for a gym and spa that expires tomorrow.

Cat is frustrated that her mother has given her a day pass for a gym and spa that expires tomorrow and that her mother has given her a day pass for a gym and spa that expires tomorrow. Sam is frustrated that her father can't buy milk, so she decides to leave a note for him. Cat stalks out of the kitchen and Sam finds her hairdryer in Cat's room. When the mummies arrive, they surround her, talking loudly and across each other. Sam realizes that these women are the kind of women who leave her feeling worse than if she had never come in.

They drive huge off-roaders, double-park their way through their day, and demand babyccinos from harassed baristas. They do not lie awake until 4 a.m. Sam is at an age where all the wrong things seem to stick, fat, the groove between her eyebrows, anxiety, while everything else - job security, marital happiness, dreams - seems to slip away. She has four meetings with important clients and is trying to save her job. Another woman pushes past Sam to open her locker, but her body has a toned look and smells expensive.

Sam pulls her towel tighter around her pale, dimply skin and disappears around the corner to dry her hair. When she returns, they have all gone. She breathes a sigh of relief and slumps onto the damp wooden bench. Sam and Ted are driving to Framptons for the first meeting in twenty-three minutes. They arrive at the car park, where Ted is waiting with a black kitbag.

He smells of cigarette smoke and Old Spice, and tells Sam to double-check the meeting times with Genevieve. Sam takes the doughnut, which contains twice as many calories as she has just burned off swimming, and closes her eyes at the warm, sugary comfort. Sam is worried about losing her job and Phil is refusing to take the antidepressants prescribed. She is going to bring in the business today, but she realizes that her kitbag contains a pair of red crocodile-skin Christian Louboutin slingbacks instead of her comfortable black pumps. She realizes that she has picked up the wrong bag and they have to go back later.

Ted takes the shoe from her and tells her that the shoes aren't very Sam. Sam Kemp is wearing a pair of shoes that are half a size too small and are not for standing up in. She is in an office with Michael Frampton, who is overseeing a botched hydraulic system. She tries to walk in the heels, but they keep wobbling and she stumbles when a forklift truck carries a bale of paper in front of them. Michael Frampton is a dour Yorkshireman who will let you know how hard he's had it and simultaneously imply that you haven't.

Michael and Sam discuss the competitive terms offered by Printex and Grayside. Sam explains that Grayside has been swallowed up by a bigger company, but they still have volume, quality and reliability. Michael looks at the file and finds it to be a quote she has spent hours refining and laying out. Greenlight has delivered for Michael before and Greenlight has worked with him on a similar run of catalogs. The Greenlight catalog is in the blue folder on the dashboard of the van, and Frampton asks Joel to take a look at it.

Frampton starts to walk, but she turns her ankle on the uneven surface and is forced to grab an arm to stay upright. Later, she will recall his muttered words to Grayside Print and his last words to Grayside Print.

TWO

Nisha Cantor is running on a treadmill with music pumping in her ears and her legs pounding like pistons. The machine informs her that it's time for her to cool down, and she turns it off abruptly. She receives a ringing sound from Carl, who invites her to meet for lunch at the hotel. Nisha wants Michel's special white-truffle omelet or the seared tuna, and Carl suggests Michel's special white-truffle omelet or the seared tuna. Nisha agrees, but Carl pauses to talk to someone else in the room.

Nisha is running through a telephone conversation in her head, but her body has gone into a weird stasis and nothing is working as it should. She takes two deep breaths and punches another number into the phone, but it goes straight to voicemail. A gym attendant appears and Nisha pushes past him to the changing room, snatching a towel from another attendant as she goes. She sits down on the bench briefly, staring blankly in front of her and takes a shower before she does anything. When her phone rings again, she finds a picture of Raymond's eyebrows, which reassures her that her eyebrows are beautiful.

Nisha, an American woman over forty, has seen a program on the dolphin trade and decided to tidy up her eyebrows. She is irritated when a woman comes out of the changing area and passes her, her shoulders slumped and her head dipped into her neck like a turtle's. Nisha ends the call and dials again, but a gym attendant walks in and spies her holding her phone. She snarls and closes his mouth over the words, showing the advantages of being an American woman over forty. Nisha is in the changing room of a gym and finds a fake leather bag with a brass Marc Jacobs tag tarnished silver.

She is shocked to find it is not hers, but the few women in the changing room look blank. There is no CCTV in the ladies' changing room, so Nisha wonders how she is supposed to find out who stole her bag. T at the desk doesn't blink, so Nisha wonders how to find out who stole her bag. Nisha's Chanel jacket and Louboutin heels are found in a bag at the receptionist's office. She asks for track shoes and the receptionist pulls out a plastic packet from under the counter.

Nisha looks at the girl, then at the shoes, and finally snatches them off the counter. She hears the muttered "Americans!" before leaving.

THREE

Sam and Ted are driving to the next meeting, where Sam is feeling guilty for losing a valuable contract. Ted encourages her to style out her flip-flops and switch the page numbers and title page to mono, which could save her $8 hundred. Sam is outlining their print strategy when she observes that the managing director is not listening to her. The most important details in this text are that the managing director is staring at her foot, and that she agrees to terms on an eight-day turnaround. She then pulls a contract from her briefcase, and the managing director agrees to terms without looking at it.

She walks into his office with her head high, charms him, stands firm on terms, and wins another contract. They take an actual lunch break and sit outside at a coffee shop, and the sun comes out. Nisha, a woman in a bathrobe, leaves nine messages on Peter's cellphone and he is not picking up. She finds a damp swimsuit in a plastic bag and three damp ten-pound notes in her pocket. Nisha pulls the robe tighter around her, knots the belt, and walks out.

Six taxi drivers will still ignore her trying to hail a cab before one stops. Nisha takes a taxi to the Bentley Hotel, where she meets Ari, a middle-aged man in a suit jacket and slacks, and a woman in a badly cut dress. She enters the penthouse suite, but collides with Ari, who is holding out an A5-sized envelope. She tries to push past him, but he blocks her. She tries to smile, but his expression registers that he has known her for fifteen years.

He apologizes and sends her down again. She feels the world tilting around her, and wonders if she might pass out. Sam and Joel are driving in a car with Edgmont, who is going to sign over his missus if Sam had said the word. Edgmont is staring at Sam's legs and doesn't hear a word he said about batch production. Sam and Ted are going to buy a new Peugeot for Brenda, who has been going on about getting a new Peugeot for months.

Sam is reapplying her makeup and pulls out a Chanel jacket. She admires the cream wool, silk lining, and smell of some expensive scent. Sam adjusts her mirror and looks at her reflection, wondering if she is letting down the sisterhood by using sex as a weapon. Ted encourages her to use sex as a weapon, and Sam is more confident in the shoes now. They arrive at the reception desk and Sam checks her hair in the wing mirror.

She imagines being the kind of woman who wears these shoes every day and living the kind of life where she only walks short distances across marble floors. Miriam Price is a petite, brownskinned woman in her fifties who arrives at Grayside Print Solutions to meet Mr. M. Price. She plays hardball, insisting on a fourteen-day turnaround and using a separate press for the high-gloss finish. Sam feels hope draining away as Joel and Ted slump in their chairs. Miriam plays hardball, insisting on a fourteen-day turnaround and using a separate press for the high-gloss finish.

Sam feels hope draining away as Joel and Ted slump in their chairs. Miriam smiles every time she entrenches, showing she is in complete control of the negotiation. Sam and Miriam are discussing a job that requires a longer lead time due to reduced travel time. Sam is sweating inside a Chanel jacket and feels a faint anxiety that she will leave marks in it. Miriam encourages Sam to take her time and they stand in silence for a moment.

The Renault van finally turns off the engine and the driver discovers he has no space to open the driver's door. Sam takes out her phone and texts Ted, who is wearing a T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms. She feels guilty and stupid for wearing someone else's clothes, as she could be prosecuted for wearing someone else's clothes. Sam and Miriam Price are in a ladies restroom and Miriam Price looks down at Sam's shoes. Miriam points out that Sam's shoes are vintage and she admires them with reverence.

Miriam points out that Sam's shoes are made by Louboutin, and Miriam points out that Louboutin has made nothing like this for five years. Miriam and Sam are discussing the totemic power of shoes. Miriam is wearing Prada flats, while Sam is wearing Dr. Marten's boots. Miriam and Sam agree to speak next week to reach an agreement in principle. Miriam's smile is warm and conspiratorial, and she asks if the jacket is Chanel.