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The art of mending a novel
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- ISBN: 9781588363879 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1588363872 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (236 p.) - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2004.
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| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. Electronic books. |
Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
Returning home for the annual family reunion, Laura Bartone and her brother, Steve, are stunned by their sister, Caroline, and her allegations of shocking behavior on the part of their mother, and are forced to come to terms with the truth and lies within their family, as well as the painful cycle of denial, blame, repression, and forgiveness. 100,000 first printing. - Random House, Inc.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER â¢Â Revelations about a seemingly ordinary mother force her adult children to reexamine their lives in this âabsorbing novel about family secretsâ (The Dallas Morning News).
Laura Bartone anticipates her annual family reunion in Minnesota with a mixture of excitement and wariness. Yet this yearâs gathering will prove to be much more trying than either she or her siblings imagined. As soon as she arrives, Laura realizes that something is not right with her sister. Forever wrapped up in events of long ago, Caroline is the familyâs restless black sheep. When Caroline confronts Laura and their brother, Steve, with devastating allegations about their mother, the three have a difficult time reconciling their varying experiences in the same house. But a sudden misfortune will lead them all to face the past, their own culpability, and their common need for love and forgiveness.
Readers have come to love Elizabeth Berg for the âlucent beauty of [her] prose, the verity of her insights, and the tenderness of her regard for her fellow humanâ (Booklist). In The Art of Mending, her most profound and emotionally satisfying novel to date, she confronts some of the deepest mysteries of life, as she explores how even the largest sins can be forgiven by the smallest gestures, and how grace can come to many through the trials of one.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Elizabeth Berg's Once Upon a Time, There Was You. - Random House, Inc.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Â Revelations about a seemingly ordinary mother force her adult children to reexamine their lives in this 'absorbing novel about family secrets' (The Dallas Morning News).
Laura Bartone anticipates her annual family reunion in Minnesota with a mixture of excitement and wariness. Yet this year's gathering will prove to be much more trying than either she or her siblings imagined. As soon as she arrives, Laura realizes that something is not right with her sister. Forever wrapped up in events of long ago, Caroline is the family's restless black sheep. When Caroline confronts Laura and their brother, Steve, with devastating allegations about their mother, the three have a difficult time reconciling their varying experiences in the same house. But a sudden misfortune will lead them all to face the past, their own culpability, and their common need for love and forgiveness.
Readers have come to love Elizabeth Berg for the 'lucent beauty of [her] prose, the verity of her insights, and the tenderness of her regard for her fellow human' (Booklist). In The Art of Mending, her most profound and emotionally satisfying novel to date, she confronts some of the deepest mysteries of life, as she explores how even the largest sins can be forgiven by the smallest gestures, and how grace can come to many through the trials of one.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Elizabeth Berg's Once Upon a Time, There Was You.
