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1) Emily, alone
Author
Series
Emily Maxwell volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
255 p ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Newly independent widow Emily Maxwell dreams of visits by grandchildren and mourns changes in her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood before realizing an inner strength to pursue developing opportunities.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honor. A native Pittsburgher and engineer, he's always believed in logic, sacrifice, and hard work. Now, seventy-five and retired, he feels the world has passed him by. It's 1998, the American century is ending, and nothing is simple anymore. His children are distant, their unhappiness a mystery. Only his wife Emily and dog Rufus stand...
Author
Series
Emily Maxwell volume 1
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
517 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
One year after the lingering death of family patriarch Henry Maxwell, his autocratic widow, Emily, invites her scattered family to spend a last vacation together at their Lake Chautauqua summer home, which she unilaterally has decided to sell after decades of ownership by the family. In August, three generations converge at the house, among them Henry's spinster sister, Arlene, a retired schoolteacher; Meg, the oldest daughter, whose "train wreck...
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