Summary
Here is the final novel from beloved author Belva Plain, who “doesn’t know how to not write a bestseller” (Newsday). A powerful epic of family and forgiveness and a sequel to Evergreen, one of her most beloved novels, it’s not to be missed.
Few authors have understood the tender intricacies of relationships better than the incomparable Belva Plain. In Heartwood, her final novel, she comes full circle with the themes she took up in her very first work, Evergreen, bringing us an unforge…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780440246039 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0440246032 |
| Author: | Belva Plain |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 171mm x 106mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Werner Family Saga |
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Critics Review
“Vintage Plain, as she again affectingly celebrates a family’s resilience and love.” -Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Vintage Plain, as she again affectingly celebrates a family’s resilience and love.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
“A fitting last tribute to a beloved writer who touched so many readers. Plain will be dearly missed, but her books will allow her memory to live on forever.”—Ventura County Star
About The Author
Belva Plain
Belva Plain captured readers’ hearts with her first novel, Evergreen, which Delacorte published more than 30 years ago. It topped the New York Times best-seller list for 41 weeks and aired as an NBC-TV miniseries. In total, more than 20 of her books have been New York Times best sellers.
Before becoming a novelist, Belva Plain wrote short stories for many major magazines, but taking care of a husband and three children did not give her the time to concentrate on the novel she had always wanted to write. When she looked back and said she didn’t have the time, she felt as though she had been making excuses. In retrospect, she said, “I didn’t make the time.” But, she reminded us, during the era that she was raising her family, women were supposed to concentrate only on their children. Today 30 million copies of her books are in print.
A Barnard College graduate who majored in history, Belva Plain enjoyed a wonderful marriage of more than 40 years to Irving Plain, an ophthalmologist. Widowed for more than 25 years, Ms. Plain continued to reside in New Jersey, where she and her husband had raised their family and which was still home to her nearby children and grandchildren until her death in October 2010.
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