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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100812971825

ISBN-139780812971828

eBay Product ID (ePID)58622649

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Book TitleAbide with Me : a Novel

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicPsychological, Contemporary Women, Family Life, Religious, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorElizabeth Strout

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.4 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsPraise for Amy and Isabelle "Stunning . . . heartbreaking . . . Every once in a long while, a novel comes along that plunges deep into your psyche, leaving you breathless." San Francisco Chronicle "One of those rare, invigorating books that take an apparently familiar world and peer into it with ruthless intimacy, revealing a strange and startling place." The New York Times Book Review "A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life." Alice Munro "Excellent . . . unflaggingly engaging . . . What a pleasure to gain entry into the world of this book." The New Yorker From the Hardcover edition., Praise for Amy and Isabelle "Stunning . . . heartbreaking . . . Every once in a long while, a novel comes along that plunges deep into your psyche, leaving you breathless." -San Francisco Chronicle "One of those rare, invigorating books that take an apparently familiar world and peer into it with ruthless intimacy, revealing a strange and startling place." -The New York Times Book Review "A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life." -Alice Munro "Excellent . . . unflaggingly engaging . . . What a pleasure to gain entry into the world of this book." -The New Yorker "From the Hardcover edition.", Praise for Amy and Isabelle " Stunning . . . heartbreaking . . . Every once in a long while, a novel comes along that plunges deep into your psyche, leaving you breathless." - San Francisco Chronicle " One of those rare, invigorating books that take an apparently familiar world and peer into it with ruthless intimacy, revealing a strange and startling place." - The New York Times Book Review " A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life." - Alice Munro " Excellent . . . unflaggingly engaging . . . What a pleasure to gain entry into the world of this book." - The New Yorker "From the Hardcover edition.", "Strout's greatly anticipated second novel . . . is an answered prayer." -- Vanity Fair "Superb . . . a shimmering tale of loss, faith, and human fallibility . . . You feel yourself in the hands of a master storyteller." -- O: The Oprah Magazine "Deeply moving . . . In one beautiful page after another, Strout captures the mysterious combinations of hope and sorrow. She sees all these wounded people with heartbreaking clarity, but she has managed to write a story that cradles them in understanding and that, somehow, seems like a foretaste of salvation." -- The Washington Post "This lovely second novel confirms Strout as the possessor of an irresistibly companionable, peculiarly American voice: folksy, poetic, but always as precise as a shadow on a brilliant winter day." -- The Atlantic Monthly "Graceful and moving . . . The pacing of Strout's deeply felt fiction about the distance between parents and children gives her work an addictive quality." -- People (four stars) From the Hardcover edition.

Dewey Decimal813.54

SynopsisIn her luminous and long-awaited new novel, bestselling author Strout welcomes readers back to the archetypal, lovely landscape of northern New England, where the events of her first novel, "Amy and Isabelle," unfolded., NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton comes a "deeply moving" ( The Washington Post ) novel that "confirms Strout as the possessor of an irresistibly companionable, peculiarly American voice" ( The Atlantic Monthly ). "Superb . . . a shimmering tale of loss, faith, and human fallibility."-- O: The Oprah Magazine In the late 1950s, in a small New England town, Reverend Tyler Caskey has suffered a terrible loss and finds it hard to be the person he once was. He struggles to find the right words in his sermons and in his conversations with those facing crises of their own, and to bring his five-year-old daughter, Katherine, out of the silence she has observed in the wake of the family's tragedy. Tyler's usually patient and kind congregation now questions his leadership and propriety, and accusations are born out of anger and gossip. Then, in Tyler's darkest hour, a startling discovery will test his parish's humanity--and his own will to endure the trials that sooner or later test us all., In her luminous and long-awaited new novel, bestselling author Elizabeth Strout welcomes readers back to the archetypal, lovely landscape of northern New England, where the events of her first novel, Amy and Isabelle, unfolded. In the late 1950s, in the small town of West Annett, Maine, a minister struggles to regain his calling, his family, and his happiness in the wake of profound loss. At the same time, the community he has served so charismatically must come to terms with its own strengths and failings-faith and hypocrisy, loyalty and abandonment-when a dark secret is revealed. Tyler Caskey has come to love West Annett, "just up the road" from where he was born. The short, brilliant summers and the sharp, piercing winters fill him with awe-as does his congregation, full of good people who seek his guidance and listen earnestly as he preaches. But after suffering a terrible loss, Tyler finds it hard to return to himself as he once was. He hasn't had The Feeling-that God is all around him, in the beauty of the world-for quite some time. He struggles to find the right words in his sermons and in his conversations with those facing crises of their own, and to bring his five-year-old daughter, Katherine, out of the silence she has observed in the wake of the family's tragedy. A congregation that had once been patient and kind during Tyler's grief now questions his leadership and propriety. In the kitchens, classrooms, offices, and stores of the village, anger and gossip have started to swirl. And in Tyler's darkest hour, a startling discovery will test his congregation's humanity-and his own will to endure the kinds of trials that sooner or later test us all. In proseincandescent and artful, Elizabeth Strout draws readers into the details of ordinary life in a way that makes it extraordinary. All is considered-life, love, God, and community-within these pages, and all is made new by this writer's boundless compassion and graceful prose. "From the Hardcover edition.", NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton comes a "deeply moving" ( The Washington Post ) novel that "confirms Strout as the possessor of an irresistibly companionable, peculiarly American voice" ( The Atlantic Monthly ). "Superb . . . a shimmering tale of loss, faith, and human fallibility."-- O: The Oprah Magazine In the late 1950s, in a small New England town, Reverend Tyler Caskey has suffered a terrible loss and finds it hard to be the person he once was. He struggles to find the right words in his sermons and in his conversations with those facing crises of their own, and to bring his five-year-old daughter, Katherine, out of the silence she has observed in the wake of the family's tragedy. Tyler's usually patient and kind congregation now questions his leadership and propriety, and accusations are born out of anger and gossip. Then, in Tyler's darkest hour, a startling discovery will test his parish's humanity--and his own will to endure the trials that sooner or later test us all., NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge comes a "superb" ( O: The Oprah Magazine ) novel that "confirms Strout as the possessor of an irresistibly companionable, peculiarly American voice." ( The Atlantic Monthly ) In the late 1950s, in a small New England town, Reverend Tyler Caskey has suffered a terrible loss and finds it hard to be the person he once was. He struggles to find the right words in his sermons and in his conversations with those facing crises of their own, and to bring his five-year-old daughter, Katherine, out of the silence she has observed in the wake of the family's tragedy. Tyler's usually patient and kind congregation now questions his leadership and propriety, and accusations are born out of anger and gossip. Then, in Tyler's darkest hour, a startling discovery will test his parish's humanity--and his own will to endure the trials that sooner or later test us all. Praise for Abide With Me "Strout's greatly anticipated second novel . . . is an answered prayer." -- Vanity Fair "Deeply moving . . . In one beautiful page after another, Strout captures the mysterious combinations of hope and sorrow. She sees all these wounded people with heartbreaking clarity, but she has managed to write a story that cradles them in understanding and that, somehow, seems like a foretaste of salvation." -- The Washington Post "Graceful and moving . . . The pacing of Strout's deeply felt fiction about the distance between parents and children gives her work an addictive quality." -- People (four stars)