Cure, Hardcover by O'Connor, Varley, Brand New, Free shipping in the US-image

Cure, Hardcover by O'Connor, Varley, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

$ 11.61

Format: Hardcover Topic: Sagas, Family Life, Medical, Literary, Historical Number of Pages: 256 Pages Book Title: Cure Item Width: 5.8 in Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press ISBN: 9781934137031 Author: Varley O'connor gtin13: 9781934137031 Item Length: 8.5 in Language: English Publication Year: 2007 Item Height: 0.9 in Item Weight: 14.1 Oz Genre: Fiction

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Cure, Hardcover by O'Connor, Varley, ISBN 1934137030, ISBN-13 9781934137031, Brand New, Free shipping in the US “An old-fashioned novel, in the best sense of that phrase, elegantly wrought, hardheaded, and tenderhearted.”—Michael Chabon on A Company of Three “A first novel that soars.”— The New York Times on Like China As America emerges from the Depression, the Hatherfords build a comfortable life just outside of New York City, in rural Bergen County, New Jersey. They are a glamorous couple: Vern is the charismatic owner of a successful Ford dealership, and his flamboyant wife Maeve is beautiful even in middle age. When their three-year-old son Scott falls prey to polio, and later, another son must go to war, their marriage slowly implodes. In the midst of it all, twelve-year-old Patsy steals swallows of whiskey and tries to make sense of the world around her, which includes an unusual intimacy between her brother Scott, and Julian, a young African American boy who lives among them. Neither historical nor medical fiction, The Cure offers the pleasures of both in its richly complex portrayal of the lives and times of its characters. A beautifully written family saga about race, war, childhood illness, and romantic desire, The Cure has at its heart wounding and the struggle for hope. Varley O’Connor is the author of A Company of Three (Algonquin, 2003) and Like China (Morrow, 1991). She has taught writing at Hofstra University; Brooklyn College; University of California, Irvine; and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. She has been an actress for television, theater, and film and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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