Tending to Virginia
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Jill McCorkle is the author of eight previous books, five of which were New York Times Notable Books. Two stories in Going Away Shoes were published in The Best American Short Stories. Winner of the New England Book Award, the Dos Passos Prize for Excellence in Literature, and the North Carolina Awa... Learn More About This Author
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"A profound picture of the legacies of families, one that will stay in the reader's mind." --The Memphis Commercial Appeal Virginia Suzanne Ballard is going home to Saxapaw, North Carolina, to sort things out--and to have the people she loves best help her through a difficult pregnancy. The reunion is bittersweet. For as three generations of marvelous women tend to Virginia, long-held secrets are revealed, half-hidden truths confessed, and precious wisdom gained--of letting go and moving on. . . . "Celebrates human connection, not the sort of passionate and exotic connection that all these women imagine, fear and desire, so much as the steady comfort of the familiar, the known, the reliable, which is perhaps synonymous with family." --Atlanta Journal & Constitution This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0449912531
ISBN13:9780449912539
Release Date:October 1997
Publisher:Ballantine Books
Length:328 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 4.8" x 8.7"
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Rated 4 starsmoving atmosphere of feelings & memories of 3 generations
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I first started this book several years ago and couldn't get interested in this pregnant woman's problems. However, this time I was glad I perservered, as that is really barely the topic of the book at all. This book explores the emotions, secrets, and memories of a group of related women whose ages span nearly 70 years. The style, which is often memories described in an almost stream of consciousness style that moves...
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This book brought me in touch with the generations of women in my own family...those I adored but took for granted. Recommended to anyone who is looking for a connection to themselves and those they love.
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