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Every last one [electronic resource] : a novel / Anna Quindlen.
Summary:
Mary Beth Latham is first and foremost a mother, whose three teenaged children come first, before her career as a landscape gardener, or even her life as the wife of a doctor. Caring for her family and preserving their everyday life is paramount. And so, when one of her sons, Max, becomes depressed, Mary Beth becomes focused on him, and is blindsided by a shocking act of violence.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780679603726 (ebk.)
- ISBN: 0679603727 (ebk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2010.
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| General Note: | Description based on print version record. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1872 KB). |
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| Subject: | Mothers and sons > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Depression in adolescence > Fiction. Fear > Fiction. Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. |
| Genre: | EBOOK. Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. Electronic books. Electronic books. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Mary Beth Latham is first and foremost a mother, whose three teenaged children come first, before her career as a landscape gardener, or even her life as the wife of a doctor. Caring for her family and preserving their everyday life is paramount. And so,when one of her sons, Max, becomes depressed, Mary Beth becomes focused on him, and is blindsided by a shocking act of violence. - Random House, Inc.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â¢Â In this âspellbindingâ (The New York Times Book Review) novel, the author of Still Life with Bread Crumbs creates an unforgettable portrait of a mother, a father, a family, and the explosive, violent consequences of what seem like inconsequential actions.
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âIn a tale that rings strikingly true, [Anna] Quindlen captures both the beauty and the breathtaking fragility of family life.ââPeople
Mary Beth Latham has built her life around her family, around caring for her three teenage children and preserving the rituals of their daily life. When one of her sons becomes depressed, Mary Beth focuses on him, only to be blindsided by a shocking act of violence. What happens afterward is a testament to the power of a womanâs love and determination, and to the invisible lines of hope and healing that connect one human being to another.
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Ultimately, as rendered in Anna Quindlenâs mesmerizing prose, Every Last One is a novel about facing every last one of the things we fear the most, about finding ways to navigate a road we never intended to travel.
