Good-Bye and Amen - Rilegato

Gutcheon, Beth

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ISBN 10: 0060539070 ISBN 13: 9780060539078

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2008

Riassunto

Determined to keep their inheritance from dividing them, close siblings Eleanor, Monica, and Jimmy Moss struggle with differences of opinion about how to share and maintain their late parents' summer house, a situation that is further complicated by the members of their extended families. 75,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Gutcheon’s gift is for pure storytelling. . . . Her characters and settngs are alive, sparkling with deft touches of period detail; her narrative voice is knowing and wry, exasperated and affectionate.” (New York Newsday)

“Good-Bye and Amen is a tour de force of structure and voice. Gutcheon had me at the first sentence and I didn’t put the book down until I had finished it. Marvelous and memorable.” (Karen Joy Fowler, author of Wit’s End and The Jane Austen Book Club)

“[A]n undeniably rich, no-holds-barred portrait of an American family. Strongly recommended.” (Library Journal on GOOD-BYE AND AMEN)

“[B]eautifully written.” (Publishers Weekly on GOOD-BYE AND AMEN)

“[C]ompellingly drawn...A true New England novel, charming but a bit chilly.” (Kirkus Reviews on GOOD-BYE AND AMEN)

“[C]ompelling...Beautifully written and told from varying points of view, this sweeping saga will strike a chord with anyone who loves to read about family. Four stars.” (Romantic Times on GOOD-BYE AND AMEN)

“Editor’s Choice.” (Denver Post on GOOD-BYE AND AMEN)

L'autore:

Beth Gutcheon is the critically acclaimed author of the novels, The New Girls, Still Missing, Domestic Pleasures, Saying Grace, Five Fortunes, More Than You Know, Leeway Cottage, and Good-bye and Amen. She is the writer of several film scripts, including the Academy-Award nominee The Children of Theatre Street. She lives in New York City.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060539070
• ISBN 13: 9780060539078
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 241