Emily, alone
Record details
- ISBN: 0143120492
- ISBN: 9780143120490
- ISBN: 0670022357
- ISBN: 9780670022359
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Physical Description:
255 pages ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Viking, 2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Sequel to: Wish you were here. |
Summary, etc.: | Newly independent widow Emily Maxwell dreams of visits by grandchildren and mourns changes in her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood before realizing an inner strength to pursue developing opportunities. |
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Subject: | Change (Psychology) Fiction Life change events Fiction Older women Fiction Widows Fiction |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Domestic fiction. Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 37 of 38 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 38 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rockville Public Library | F ONA (Text) | 34035122578715 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary
Emily, Alone
From the author of Last Night at the Lobster , a moving vision of love and family. A sequel to the bestselling, much-beloved Wish You Were Here , Stewart O'Nan's intimate new novel follows Emily Maxwell, a widow whose grown children have long moved away. She dreams of vists by her grandchildren while mourning the turnover of her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood, but when her sole companion and sister-in-law Arlene faints at their favorite breakfast buffet, Emily's days change. As she grapples with her new independence, she discovers a hidden strength and realizes that life always offers new possibilities. Like most older women, Emily is a familiar yet invisible figure, one rarely portrayed so honestly. Her mingled feelings-of pride and regret, joy and sorrow- are gracefully rendered in wholly unexpected ways. Once again making the ordinary and overlooked not merely visible but vital to understanding our own lives, Emily, Alone confirms O'Nan as an American master.