Summary
From the bestselling author of The Overstory, a visionary novel about the failings of the American dream.
“Penetrating and splendidly written… Dazzling.” - New York Times
In Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has cancer.
This same small town is home to Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston. Over the course …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804951705 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804951706 |
| Author: | Richard Powers |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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Erudite, penetrating and splendidly written … Dazzling * New York Times *A brilliant novel * Daily Telegraph *One can only admire Powers’s breadth of vision, his erudition and powers of analysis * The Times *
About The Author
Richard Powers
Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory and his most recent novel, Bewilderment, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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