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Jean Harley was here : a novel
- Title
- Jean Harley was here : a novel / Heather Taylor-Johnson.
- Author
- Taylor Johnson, Heather
- Publication
- New York : Arcade Publishing, 2018.
- ©2017
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-827 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 242 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Sure to be popular among fans of Liane Moriarty and Sarah Pekkanen, this tender, witty novel dives into the life of an amazing woman by exploring the grief of those she's left behind."--Booklist Jean Harley--wife, mother, lover, dancer--is a shining light in the lives of those who know and love her, full of boundless energy, compassion, and joy. When she's hit by a truck while riding her bicycle and the unthinkable happens, what becomes of the people she leaves behind? Her devoted husband, Stan, is now a single father to their four-year-old son, Orion, who doesn't understand why his mom won't come home. Jean's two best friends, Neddy and Viv, find their relationship unraveling without their third companion. Charley, the ex-con who caused the accident, struggles to reconcile his feelings of elation when the charges against him are dropped with his boundless guilt over knowing he has changed a family forever; while Jean's mother, Pearl, will regret the little girl who left. Gradually, life without Jean goes on, yet her indelible spirit remains. Told from the alternating perspectives of these and other characters who grieve the same death in vastly different ways, Jean Harley Was Here is a moving, poetic novel about loss, memory, and the lives we touch.
- When Jean Harley-- wife, mother, lover, dancer-- is hit by a truck while riding her bicycle. what becomes of the people she leaves behind? Her husband, Stan, is now a single father to their four-year-old son, Orion, who doesn't understand why his mom won't come home. Jean's best friends, Neddy and Viv, find their relationship unraveling without their third companion. Charley, the ex-con who caused the accident, struggles to reconcile his feelings of elation when the charges against him are dropped. Jean's mother, Pearl, will regret the little girl who left. Life goes on, yet Jean's indelible spirit remains. -- adapted from jacket.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-827
- ISBN
- 9781628729597
- 1628729597
- LCCN
- 2018017372
- OCLC
- 1033548792
- Author
- Taylor Johnson, Heather, author.
- Title
- Jean Harley was here : a novel / Heather Taylor-Johnson.
- Publisher
- New York : Arcade Publishing, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Other Form:
- Online version: Taylor Johnson, Heather. Jean Harley was here. First North American edition. New York : Arcade Publishing, 2018 9781628729603 (DLC) 2018020521
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-827