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The interestings: A novel
Par Meg Wolitzer. 2023
Named a best book of the year by Entertainment Weekly , Time , and The Chicago Tribune , and named…
a notable book by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post “Remarkable . . . With this book [Wolitzer] has surpassed herself.”— The New York Times Book Review "A victory . . . The Interestings secures Wolitzer's place among the best novelists of her generation. . . . She's every bit as literary as Franzen or Eugenides. But the very human moments in her work hit you harder than the big ideas. This isn't women's fiction. It's everyone's."— Entertainment Weekly (A) From Meg Wolitzer, the New York Times –bestselling author of The Female Persuasion, a novel that has been called "genius" ( The Chicago Tribune ), “wonderful” ( Vanity Fair ), "ambitious" ( San Francisco Chronicle ), and a “page-turner” ( Cosmopolitan ). The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings , Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence. Jules Jacobson, an aspiring comic actress, eventually resigns herself to a more practical occupation and lifestyle. Her friend Jonah, a gifted musician, stops playing the guitar and becomes an engineer. But Ethan and Ash, Jules’s now-married best friends, become shockingly successful—true to their initial artistic dreams, with the wealth and access that allow those dreams to keep expanding. The friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their talents have become and the shapes their lives have taken. Wide in scope, ambitious, and populated by complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City, The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a lifeLegacy of silence
Par Belva Plain. 1998
When it becomes obvious that World War II is imminent, Caroline Hartzinger and her adopted older sister, Lore, flee from…
Berlin to Geneva. Walter, who plans to wed Caroline, goes with them. Life takes a dramatic turn and Caroline and Lore escape to America alone. But their time in Switzerland provides a legacy that affects several generations. BestsellerAs I lay dying: the corrected text (Vintage international)
Par William Faulkner. 1990
The Bundrens, poor whites in Mississippi, face numerous obstacles as they trek across the countryside to deliver their mother's body…
for burial in her home town. First published in 1930; this edition includes changes made by Noel Polk in 1985 based on the author's notesNecessary roughness
Par Marie Lee. 1996
Korean-American teenager Chan Kim and his twin sister, Young, work hard to be assimilated into their new high school after…
their father moves the family from L.A. to rural Minnesota. Chan switches from soccer to football to gain acceptance, but then tragedy strikes the family. For junior and senior high readersLook homeward, angel: a story of the buried life
Par Thomas Wolfe. 1929
In this largely autobiographical novel, Wolfe describes Eugene Gant, who longs to escape his drab existence with his alcoholic father…
and neurotic mother in a provincial North Carolina town. Finally, through his fascination with literature and ideas, Eugene escapes to the university and later to Harvard. Some strong languageThe mother-in-law diaries: a novel
Par Carol Dawson. 1999
Her son has eloped--and made her a mother-in-law! This news causes Lulu to contemplate the unfortunate relationships she had with…
the mothers of her boyfriends and her four husbands. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexYou can't get there from here
Par Earl Hamner. 1993
Sixteen-year-old Wes tells of a day spent combing New York in search of his father. As he recalls incidents of…
family life and various friends and relatives from Virginia, the juxtaposition of easy Southern country ways with the hectic pace of New York makes a droll contrastMonkey bridge
Par Lan Cao. 1997
In 1975 teenager Mai Nguyen and her mother escape from Vietnam to live in northern Virginia's Little Saigon neighborhood. Mai,…
although tortured by nightmares, adjusts to the strange culture; her mother cannot escape her past and blames bad karma. After her mother's death, Mai discovers the family history of sin, betrayal, and murderThis time last year
Par Douglas Hobbie. 1998
Mourning his daughter's death, writer Henry Ash retreats to his late brother-in-law's house in Vermont while his wife, Elizabeth, travels…
abroad. Henry discovers computer files chronicling the owner's private thoughts and regrets. Visiting relatives arrive and they, too, are trying to cope with life's losses. Another tragedy strikes at summer's end. Strong languageBackwater
Par Joan Bauer. 1999
Sixteen-year-old Ivy Breedlove feels out of place in her family of opinionated attorneys. While helping an elderly relative compile a…
family history, Ivy sees similarities between herself and a reclusive aunt who lives in the Adirondacks. Ivy sets out to find her mysterious aunt. For junior and senior high readersThe Wapshot chronicle
Par John Cheever. 1992
Follows the fortunes of the Wapshot family of St. Botolphs, a mythical New England seaport. Old Captain Leander Wapshot is…
in love with his ferryboat, which he keeps losing and regaining. An eccentric aunt wants to give Leander's sons a fortune--if they marry and produce heirs. Some strong languageWhere the road goes: a novel
Par Joanne Greenberg. 1998
Sixty-two-year-old perennial activist Tig Warriner joins a radical acquaintance in a yearlong environmental march across the country. Tig's family members…
resent her years of devotion to causes at their expense. In their letters back and forth, Tig learns more about her husband and children than she had ever knownThe mansion
Par William Faulkner. 1955
Night talk
Par Elizabeth Cox. 1997
Georgia, 1949. When Evie's father leaves the family, the housekeeper and her daughter, Janey Louise, move in for eleven years.…
The two girls of different races share everything at home, but school and town are still segregated. Problems intervene in the girls' enduring friendship. Some strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexThe education of Oscar Fairfax
Par Louis Auchincloss. 1995
The life and times of blueblood lawyer Oscar Fairfax, from his turn-of-the-century education at the best schools to his years…
as a member of his father's law firm. Observing the social scene around him, Oscar tries to lead an exemplary life. Some descriptions of sexSnow: a novel
Par Calvin Miller. 1998
As Christmas approaches in 1929, young Pennsylvania widow Mary Withers has barely enough money to buy fuel to keep her…
asthmatic daughter warm. When the coal vendor's son, professor Erick Mueller, takes over for his injured father, Erick and Mary are able to help each other's family during a snowstormThe human comedy
Par William Saroyan. 1971
Story of a mother and her four children who live in Ithaca, California, during World War II. Features fourteen-year-old Homer,…
who is exposed to a lot of sadness in his job as telegraph messengerMama Flora's family: a novel
Par Alex Haley. 1998
A three-generation saga of Flora Palmer and her family. Born in Mississippi, she moves to Tennessee, marries a sharecropper, and…
raises her son and a niece. Years later, the children's offspring include social activists, Black Muslims, respected professionals, and a few with serious problems. All share a common respect for their matriarch. Some violenceSpencer's mountain
Par Earl Hamner. 1961
Recounts a year in the life of the Spencer family, who live in the foothills of Virginia, and especially that…
of Clay-Boy, as he prepares to leave Spencer's Mountain for his first year of collegeAn independent woman
Par Howard Fast. 1997
Barbara Lavette, matriarch of a diverse California family, writes columns for her ex-husband's newspaper. After being robbed in her home,…
Barbara refuses to prosecute her assailant, believing him a victim of society, and instead tries to rehabilitate him. Shortly after, while planning a family wedding, Barbara unexpectedly falls in love with the minister, Philip Carter. Sequel to The Immigrant's Daughter (BR 09164)