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From the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice and Left Neglected, comes a heartfelt novel about an accidental friendship that gives a grieving mother a priceless gift: the ability to understand the thoughts of her eight-year-old autistic son and make sense of... read more
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- Mrs. James Ellis: mother of Sophie, Gracie and Jessica; estranged from husband Jimmy; co-protaganist
- Jimmy Ellis: Beth's estranged husband; scalloper until the scallops disappeared due to poisoning by toxic fertilizers; barkeeper at Salt
- Grover: Ellis's dog
- Sophie Ellis: Ellis 13 year old daughter
- Jessica Ellis: Ellis daughter
- Gracie Ellis: Ellis daughter
- Olivia Donatelli: Anthony's mother; estranged from husband David; from Georgia
- David Donatelli: Olivia's estranged husband
- Anthony Donatelli: David and Olivia's autistic son
- Louise: Olivia's former boss at a publishing company
- Angela Melo: Jimmy's mistress; hostess at Salt
- Petra: Beth's friend; eccentric
- Courtney: friend and member of Beth's bookclub; yoga instructer
- Georgia: member of Beth's bookclub; wedding coordinator ; married four times, Beth's friend
- Jill: froend and member of Beth's bookclub
- Mickey: Jill's husband; runs construction company
- Maria: Olivia's sisterQ!!!!!!!
- Dr. Campbell: Add a description of this character.
- Barney: Purple dinosaur that graced all of Anthony's birthday cakes.
- Father Doyle
- Henry
- Danyel
- Steve
- Mary Crawford
- Roger Kelly
- Eddy Antico
- Dr. Harvey
- Carlin
- Dr. Phil
- Julie
- Pamela Vincent
- Max
Setting & Locations edit
- Nantucket: Olivia retreats to a holiday house on Nantucket Island to try to deal with the grief of losing her young son, Anthony, and to to try to discover a purpose behind his short life and his autism. For Beth and Jimmy Nantucket is home.
- Hingham: The town that Olivia is running from, where she lived with Anthony and her husband, David.
First Sentence edit
It's Columbus Day weekend, and they lucked out with gorgeous weather, an Indian-summer day in October.
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Lisa Genova (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Gallery Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781439164686
Page Count: 309
Publisher: Gallery Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781439164686
Page Count: 309
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3607.E55 L68 2012
- Dewey: 813.6
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