Gossip: A Novel - Brossura

Gutcheon, Beth

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ISBN 10: 0061931438 ISBN 13: 9780061931437

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2013

Riassunto

“A gifted storyteller...her characters are intelligent, brave, and witty...human and real.”
—Susan Isaacs, New York Times Book Review

The critically acclaimed author of Good-bye and Amen, Leeway Cottage, andMore Than You Know, Beth Gutcheon returns with Gossip, a sharply perceptive and emotionally resonant novel about the power of knowing things about others, the consequences of rumor, and the unexpected price of friendship. A story set among the rich, famous, and well-dressed of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Gossip is a bravura display of this exceptional author’s breathtaking talents, addressing important themes of motherhood, friendship, and fidelity. Every reader who admires the strong, character-driven women’s fiction of Sue Miller, Alice Hoffman, Elizabeth Berg, and Kaye Gibbons should lend an ear to Beth Gutcheon’sGossip.

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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: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0061931438
• ISBN 13: 9780061931437
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 278