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With equal parts affection and satire, julia glass spins a powerful tale about the multigenerational loyalties, rivalries, and secrets of a family, inhabitants of a complacently prosperous world where no one is immune to unexpected change. Julia glass is the author of five previous books of fiction, including the bestselling three junes, winner of the national book award, and i see you everywhere, winner of the binghamton university john gardner fiction book award. This novel covers everything from illegal immigration to gay marriage and all things inbetween. She has received fellowships from the national endowment for the arts, the new york foundation for the arts, and the radcliffe institute for advanced study. She read the book jacket and determined if she wanted to spend an hour or two each night with the characters. In a historic farmhouse outside boston, seventyyearold percy darling is settling happily into retirement. Its her first since her debut, three junes, to feature predominately male voices, although the inconsistency of those voices saps the book of dramatic tension. Julia glass the widowers tale the concord bookshop.
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And in the widowers tale she approaches the ties of kinship. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. A teacher of fiction and a recipient of fellowships from the national endowment for the arts, the new york foundation for the arts, and the. In his mid40s, kit noonan, father of twins, has become an ineffectual househusband with no job prospects, a shrinking bank account and a. Percy darling feels the modern world constantly encroaching on him from his suburban massachusetts town. I see you everywhere, winner of the 2009 binghamton university john gardner book award. The widowers tale ebook by julia glass rakuten kobo. Read the widowers tale by julia glass available from rakuten kobo. The widowers tale is the story of percy darling, a 70yearold man who has lived for decades in the same house in the same massachusetts town. The book follows one of the teachers at the school, ira. In her elegant and intelligent, yet breezy and accessible prose, the author tells a multilayered family story that centers around a seventy year old retired librarian. Why do you think julia glass chose to narrate only percys chapters in a firstperson voice, the rest in the third person. Julia glass is the author of the bestselling three junes, winner of the 2002 national book. Yet again, she plumbs the human heart brilliantly, dramatically, and movingly.
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