Life after life
(Book)
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Published
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 21 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Courtland Community Library | F McCorkle | On Shelf |
Smith Center Public Library - Fiction | FIC McCorkle, Jill | On Shelf |
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Published
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Description
Jill McCorkle's first novel in seventeen years is alive with the daily triumphs and challenges of the residents and staff of Pine Haven Estates, a retirement facility, which is now home to a good many of Fulton, North Carolina's older citizens.
Among them, third-grade teacher Sadie Randolph, who has taught every child in town and believes we are all eight years old in our hearts; Stanley Stone, once Fulton's most prominent lawyer, now feigning dementia to escape life with his son; Marge Walker, the town's self-appointed conveyor of social status who keeps a scrapbook of every local murder and heinous crime; and Rachel Silverman, recently widowed, whose decision to leave her Massachusetts home and settle in Fulton is a mystery to everyone but her.
C.J., the pierced and tattooed young mother who runs the beauty shop, and Joanna, the hospice volunteer who discovers that her path to a good life lies with helping folks achieve good deaths, are two of the staff on whom the residents depend.
McCorkle puts her finger on the pulse of every character's strengths, weaknesses, and secrets. And, as she connects their lives through their present circumstances, their pasts, and, in some cases, through their deaths, she celebrates the blessings and wisdom of later life and infuses this remarkable novel with hope and laughter.
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$24.95
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McCorkle, J. (2013). Life after life . Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCorkle, Jill, 1958-. 2013. Life After Life. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McCorkle, Jill, 1958-. Life After Life Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McCorkle, Jill. Life After Life Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013.
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