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Evensong (Hardcover)
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Evensong (Hardcover)
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List price R648
Loot Price R582
Discovery Miles 5 820
You Save R66 (10%)
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An intimate, moving novel that follows The Humpty Dumpty Club, a group
of women of a certain age who band together to help one another and
their circle of friends in Pittsburgh as they face the challenges of
their golden years
The Humpty Dumpty Club is distraught when their powerhouse leader, Joan
Hargrove, takes a bad fall down her stairs, knocking her out of
commission. Now, as well as running errands and shepherding those less
able to their doctors’ appointments, they have to pick up the slack.
Between navigating their own relationships and aging bodies and
attending choir practice, these invisible yet indomitable women help
where they can. They bake cookies, they care for pets, they pick up
prescriptions, they sit vigil by the sick, and most of all, they show
up for the people they’ve pledged to help. In the face of death,
divorce, and the myriad directions our lives can take, the Humpty
Dumpty club represents the power of community and chosen family.
Weaving together the perspectives of the four cardinal members as they
tend to those in need, Stewart O’Nan revisits beloved characters from
his past work -- most notably Emily Maxwell -- to fashion a rich and
moving novel that celebrates our capacity for patience and care. Vivid,
warm, and often wryly funny, Evensong reminds us that life is made up
of moments both climactic and quotidian, and we weather those moments
with the people we choose to keep close.
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