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Gutcheon, Beth

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ISBN 10: 006193142X ISBN 13: 9780061931420

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2012

Riassunto

The owner of a high-end dress shop on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Loviah "Lovie" Walker, to whom women from all walks of life turn to for advice, must find a way to bridge the chilly gulf between her two closest friends, which was the result of a perceived slight from decades ago that led to tragedy. 50,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“[E]nthralling . . . triumphant and true.” (Boston Globe)

“[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)

“A great drama, cinematically told . . . [Gutcheon] writes elegantly about the complex bonds of family.” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

“A remarkably rich and emotionally jarring novel filled ultimately with hope.” (Pages Magazine)

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

“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)

“The book reads seamlessly...Gutcheon is a novelist with a poetic grasp of the language and a keen eye for the quirks and foibles that make us human. ” (San Antonio Express-News on GOOD-BYE AND AMEN)

“A good old–fashioned, all–encompassing read, with tears and smiles guaranteed.” (Library Journal)

“Beth Gutcheon has something real to say . . . There is a world of entertainment in Domestic Pleasures.” (—The New York Times Book Review)

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: 2012
• ISBN 10: 006193142X
• ISBN 13: 9780061931420
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 278