Object Lessons : A Novel Paperback - 1997
by Quindlen, Anna
- Used
The acclaimed New York Times columnist and author of Living Out Loud now gives readers a superb novel about an Irish-Italian family in the late 1960s. Quindlen's sharp eye for the way we live, her intelligence and humor have won her an enormous following, and this coming-of-age tale of an entire generation will delight readers of any era.
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Details
- Title Object Lessons : A Novel
- Author Quindlen, Anna
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Publishing Group, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date June 23, 1997
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP65552097
- ISBN 9780449001011 / 0449001016
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.33 x 5.49 x 0.6 in (21.16 x 13.94 x 1.52 cm)
- Reading level 1020
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Locality: New York, N.Y.
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, New York (N.Y.)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003283832
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
From the publisher
From the jacket flap
"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....
