How to read a book : a novel
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Mariner Books, [2024].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780063243675, 0063243679
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 24 cm.
Status
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Published
New York : Mariner Books, [2024].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780063243675, 0063243679
Notes
Description
"Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher. Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest. Frank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn't yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed. When the three encounter each other one morning in a bookstore in Portland-Violet to buy the novel she was reading in the prison book club before her release, Harriet to choose the next title for the women who remain, and Frank to dispatch his duties as the store handyman-their lives begin to intersect in transformative ways. How to Read a Book is an unsparingly honest and profoundly hopeful story about letting go of guilt, seizing second chances, and the power of books to change our lives. With the heart, wit, grace, and depth of understanding that has characterized her work, Monica Wood illuminates the decisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living"--,Provided by publisher.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Fiction - New | FICTION WOOD | Checked Out |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Fiction - New | FIC WOOD | Checked Out |
Chester Library - Adult Fiction - New | REALISTIC FICTION WOOD | Held |
Holland Free Public Library - Adult Fiction - New | WOOD Monica | Checked Out |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Fiction - New | WOOD Monica | Checked Out |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wood, M. (2024). How to read a book: a novel (First edition.). Mariner Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wood, Monica. 2024. How to Read a Book: A Novel. Mariner Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wood, Monica. How to Read a Book: A Novel Mariner Books, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wood, Monica. How to Read a Book: A Novel First edition., Mariner Books, 2024.
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