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Road ends : a novel

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Description

341 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"From "a talented writer whose lyrical, evocative writing invites comparisons to Rick Bass and Richard Ford" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) comes a deftly woven novel that examines the layered makeup of a family: the affections and resentments, obligations and sacrifices"--
"Set in a backwoods village in northern Canada, this is the story of a young woman who leaves her dysfunctional, male-dominated family to make a new life in London. With her dreamy mother abed upstairs, and her father passive in a house full of rambunctious, out of control male children from the age of 4-14, Megan has become the defacto mother, housekeeper, nurse, and lynchpin of her household. Wholly dependable, intelligent, lovely, they depend on her completely-- until one day she has had enough. She packs her bags and leaves for London knowing virtually no one. As she did in her previous two books, Mary Lawson flawlessly weaves the narration of Megan's life and love with the consequences of her departure at home, particularly for her youngest brother Adam, age 4, who has retreated into himself out of insecurity and neglect. Lawson is particularly fine in calibrating the emotional core of her characters, and the choice Megan must make, which, while poignant, in Lawson's hands is also an affirmation of what is, finally, universally important"--

Subjects

Genre/Form

Domestic fiction.

Call Number

JFD 14-4180

ISBN

LCCN

2014005691

OCLC

2014005691

Author

Lawson, Mary, 1946-

Title

Road ends : a novel / Mary Lawson.

Publisher

New York : The Dial Press, 2014.

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Other Editions:

Reproduction of (manifestation): Lawson, Mary, 1946- Road ends Toronto : Knopf Canada, c2013 9780345808080

Research Call Number

JFD 14-4180