Good-bye and Amen: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Gutcheon, Beth

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ISBN 10 : 0060539070 ISBN 13 : 9780060539078

Editeur : William Morrow, 2008

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In a summer cottage on the coast of Maine, an unlikely love was nurtured, a marriage endured, and a family survived. Now it is time for the children of that marriage to make peace with the wounds and the treasures left to them. And to sort out which is which.

Beth Gutcheon's critically acclaimed family saga, Leeway Cottage, was a major achievement: a vivid and moving tale of war and marriage and their consequences that enchanted readers. Good-bye and Amen is the next chapter for the family of Leeway Cottage, the story of what happens when those most powerful people in any family drama, the parents, have left the stage.

The complicated marriage of the gifted Danish pianist Laurus Moss to the provincial American child of privilege Sydney Brant was a mystery to many who knew them, including their three children. Now, Eleanor, Monica, and Jimmy Moss have to decide how to divide or share what Laurus and Sydney have left them without losing one another.

Secure and cheerful Eleanor, the oldest, wants little for herself but much for her children. Monica, the least-loved middle child, brings her youthful scars to the table, as well as the baggage of a difficult marriage to the charismatic Norman, who left a brilliant legal career, though not his ambition, to become an Episcopal priest. Youngest and best-loved Jimmy, who made a train wreck of his young adulthood, has returned after a long period of alienation from the family surprisingly intact, but extremely hard for his sisters to read.

Having lived through childhoods both materially blessed and emotionally difficult, with a father who could seem uninvolved and a mother who loved a good family game of “let's you and him fight,” the Mosses have formed strong adult bonds that none of them wants to damage. But it's difficult to divide a beloved summer house three ways and keep it too. They all know what's at stake—in a world of atomized families, a house like Leeway Cottage can be the glue that keeps generations of cousins and grandchildren deeply connected to one another. But knowing it's important doesn't make it easy.

Revue de presse :

“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)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060539070
• ISBN 13: 9780060539078
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256