The critically acclaimed, New York Times best-selling first novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist portrays three generations of a rich Irish family as seen through the eyes of a girl coming of age in the sixties. Reissue.
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ANNA QUINDLEN is the author of three bestselling novels, Object Lessons, One True Thing, and Black and Blue. Her New York Times column “Public & Private” won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, and a selection of those columns was published as Thinking Out Loud. She is also the author of a collection of her “Life in the 30’s”columns, Living Out Loud; a book for the Library of Contemporary Thought, How Reading Changed My Life; the bestselling A Short Guide to a Happy Life; and two children’s books, The Tree That Came to Stay and Happily Ever After. She is currently a columnist for Newsweek and lives with her husband and children in New York City.
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IMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
"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....
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Destinos, gastos y plazos de envíoLibrería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Reino Unido
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Librería: Threescore Years and Ten, Calmar, AB, Canada
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Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Reprint. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: GRP89304550
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Librería: Kayleighbug Books, IOBA, Cedar Grove, WV, Estados Unidos de America
Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear; It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City, and twelve-year-old Maggie Scanlan begins to sense that despite the calm surface of her peaceful life, everything is going strangely wrong.When her all-powerful grandfather is struck down by a stroke, the reverberations affect Maggie's entire family. Her normally dispassionate father breaks down, her mother becomes distant and unavailable, and matters only get worse when her cousin and her best friend start doing things to each other that leave Maggie confused about sex and terrified of sin.With all of this upheaval, how can she be sure that what she wants is even worth having? Nº de ref. del artículo: 029418
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Librería: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Nueva Zelanda
Paperback. Condición: Good. 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. Cover creased. 340 pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1572438
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Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: The Book Abyss, St. Paul, MN, Estados Unidos de America
Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copies. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- OBJECT LESSONS --- 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 desperately 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. --- TIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG --- Believing that happiness is beyond her reach after a botched relationship, television comedy writer and widow R. J. Misner meets the handsome David and wonders if they can overcome their differences in age and religion. . .See photos for additional content. . . Nº de ref. del artículo: 45405
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