Book
Object Lessons / Anna Quindlen.
Record details
- ISBN: 0394569652 :
- ISBN: 9780394569659
- ISBN: 080410946X (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0449001016 (pbk. : 1st Ballantine Books trade ed.) :
- Physical Description: 262 p. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, 1991.
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | In this novel about a large Irish-Italian family in the late 1960s, young Maggie Scanlan begins to sense that, beneath the calm, everyday surface of her peaceful suburban life, everything is going mysteriously wrong especially during one summer that changes their lives |
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| Subject: | New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. Girls > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Coming-of-age fiction. Bildungsromans. Coming-of-age fiction. |
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Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at GRPL.
Holds
0 current holds with 3 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Fiction Quindlen (Text) | 31307021339082 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Main | Fiction Quindlen (Text) | 31307023583273 | Storage | Available | - |
| Van Belkum | Fiction Quindlen : 6/93 (Text) | 31307007239132 | Fiction | Available | - |
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Object Lessons
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR "Elaborate and playful...Honest and deeply felt....Here is the Quindlen wit, the sharp eye for the details of class and manners, [and] the ardent reading of domestic lives." THE NEW YORK TIMES It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie and her family, are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is despertately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having....
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