And the Dark Sacred Night
$39.71
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2015
Summary
The National Book Award-winning author on her best subject–family secrets: here is the story of a man searching for his father, upending relationships beyond his own and forever changing the way he fits into the world he thought he knew so well.From the National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes, a”tender, insightful, and winning exploration of the modern family and the infinite number of shapes it can take” (People).Kit Noonan is an unemployed art historian with twins to support, a mortgage to pay, and a frustrated wife who insists that, to move forward, Kit must first confront a crucial mystery about his past. Born to a single teenage mother, he has never known the identity of his biological father.Kit’s search begins with his onetime stepfather, Jasper, a take-no-prisoners Vermont outdoorsman, and ultimately leads him to Fenno McLeod, the beloved protagonist of Glass’s award-winning novel Three Junes. Immersing readers in a panorama that stretches from Vermont to the tip of Cape Cod, And the Dark Sacred Night is an unforgettable novel about the youthful choices that steer our destinies, the necessity of forgiveness, and the risks we take when we face down the shadows of our past.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307456113 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0307456110 |
| Author: | Julia Glass |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Anchor Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2015 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 131mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“An elegant and moving novel.” —The New Yorker
“A tender, insightful, and winning exploration of the modern family and the infinite number of shapes it can take.” —People
“Sophisticated and surprising… . Luminous.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“The only regret you’ll have at the end of this particular story is that it’s over.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Breathtaking… . Heartfelt… . What makes this novel so fresh is its notion that the need to know where we come from isn’t limited to our formative years. And that all buried secrets are bittersweet when revealed.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
“An exquisitely detailed novel.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
“An engrossing read.” —Newsday
“This memento mori is as much about the teeming, glad business of life as it is about grief—‘the bright blessed day,’ as the Louis Armstrong song puts it, as well as the dark sacred night.” —The Washington Post
“Glass’ prose is so lovely and filled with felicitous phrases and insights that when she orchestrates a family reunion, the reader is apt to just follow along like Kit, knowing the music is bound to enthrall.” —The Dallas Morning News
“The delight of reading Julia Glass turns out to be the connections we make with her generous characters, who become as endearing—and exasperating—as the people we love in real life.” —The Miami Herald
“Wretched and wonderful—indeed, dark yet sacred.” —BookPage
“Glass explores the pain of family secrets, the importance of identity, and the ultimate meaning of family… . [A] lovely, highly readable, and thought-provoking novel.” —Booklist (starred)
Julia Glass
Julia Glassis the author ofThree Junes,winner of the 2002 National Book Award for Fiction;The Whole World Over; I See You Everywhere,winner of the 2009 Binghamton University John Gardner Book Award; andThe Widower’s Tale. Her essays have been widely anthologized. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Glass also teaches fiction writing, most frequently at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She lives with her family in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
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