Gain (Paperback)

"Gain "braids together two stories on very different scales. In one, Laura Body, divorced mother of two and a real-estate agent in the small town of Lacewood, Illinois, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has ovarian cancer. In the other, Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston, grows over the course of a century and a half into an international consumer products conglomerate based in Laura's hometown. Clare's stunning growth reflects the kaleidoscopic history of America; Laura Body's life is changed forever by Clare. The novel's stunning conclusion reveals the countless invisible connections between the largest enterprises and the smallest lives.

General

Imprint:	St Martin's Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2009
First published:	September 2009
Authors:	Richard Powers • Shelley Powers
Dimensions:	210 x 137 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	403
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-42909-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-312-42909-6
Barcode:	9780312429096

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