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From the author of Last Night at the Lobster, a moving vision of love and family. A sequel to the bestselling, much-beloved Wish You Were Here, Stewart O'Nan's intimate new novel follows Emily Maxwell, a widow whose grown children have long moved away. She dreams of visits by her grandchildren... read more
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Characters edit
- Emily Maxwell: an elderly, lonely widow whose grown children have moved away
- Arlene: Emily's sole companion and sister-in-law who has a stroke
- Rufus: Emily's old dog, her companion, who she talks to
Quotes edit
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“As they pressed on, surrounded by teeming green life, the bare stump nagged at her. Like the gussied-up garden ladies, they'd come to celebrate beauty and renewal, to worship perfection and pick nits, but now the falseness of the entire enterprise struck her. Where were the blighted and dried-up plants, the withered and sere? Hidden away, discarded.”
Setting & Locations edit
- Pittsburgh
- Chautauqua, New York: where Emily has a summer family place
First Sentence edit
Tuesdays, Emily Maxwell put what precious little remained of her life in God's and her sister-in-law Arlene's shaky hands and they drove together to Edgewood for Eat 'n Park's two-for-one breakfast buffet.
Table of Contents edit
1. Two-for-One
2. Just Visiting
3. Mysteries of the Brain
4. The View from the Fifth Floor
5. Close to Normal
6. The Resurrection
7. Pilgrims
8. The Belle of the Ball
9. The Day of Rest
10. Kindred Spirits
11. Family Pictures
12. All-Wheel Drive
13. Highway Robbery
14. Kleenex
15. Extravagance
16. Christmas Cheer
17. The Busiest Day of the Year
18. Press for Assistance
19. The Hostess with the Mostest
20. Earthly Possessions
21. The Gift
22. Housekeeping
23. Under the Weather
24. Ingratitude
25. Forgetfulness
26. Mystery!
27. PF
28. Bee Mine
29. A Bad Habit
30. Expressions of Sympathy
31. The Damage
32. Spring Ahead
33. The Flower Show
34. The Problem with Good Friday
35. Curious
36. The Grown-Up Table
37. Power of Attorney
38. 392
39. The Cruelest Month
40. Almond Blossoms
41. Drive-By
42. The Virtual Tour
43. The Lesser of Two Evils
44. The Mystery of Maria Cole
45. Better or Worse?
46. White Elephants
47. Innocent Victims
48. Love, Emily
49. The Start of the Season
50. Tubby Taters
51. Cyd Charisse
52. Improvements
53. Hard To Kill
54. Old Home Days
55. Exit, Stage Left
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stewart O'Nan (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 17, 2011
ISBN: 978-0670022359
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 17, 2011
ISBN: 978-0670022359
Page Count: 272
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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