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by
BONNIE BURNARD
Książka używana, w języku angielskim Stan książki: db/db+
Oprawa: miękka
Ilość stron: 348
Rok wydania: 2001
Returning home from the Second World War with three fingers missing from his right hand, Bill Chambers is determined to restore his family life. He and his wife Sylvia have three children, Patrick, Daphne and Paul, and with Bill's steady job at the hardware store, a promising future stretches out before them.
But as the years pass, Sylvia watches helplessly as fate unexpectedly changes the course of her life; Patrick, the eldest son, finds that life becomes a series of compromises; Paul enjoys a perfect marriage that produces an imperfect child; and Daphne, always the odd child out, makes her own rules and happily pays the price. The family is held together by Margaret, who enters it at a moment of crisis and over time becomes its emotional centre.
Bonnie Burnard's exquisite novel tells the story of three generations of an ordinary small-town family from the 1950s to the 1990s. Through years of family rituals - weddings, funerals, births and holidays - bonds deepen and widen, sometimes fray; loyalties are tested and love creates its own snares as each character faces the triumphs or tragedies that befall them.
In A Good House Bonnie Burnard exposes the human heart with delicacy and daring. Her mastery of detail and her sensitivity to emotional nuance create a rich portrait of ordinary life. Exploring the hidden, often disturbing areas of love, she unravels the complexities of human experience, bringing to her story a clarity and grace that is both moving and profound.
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