This touching, uplifting novel spans decades of loyalty, anger, regret, and love in the lives of the Chance family. Here there is a father whose dreams of glory on a baseball field are shattered by a mill accident, a mother who clings obsessively to a religion as a ward against the darkest hour of her past, and four brothers who come of age during the seismic upheavals of the sixties and who each choose their own way to deal with what the world has become.
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This touching, uplifting novel spans decades of loyalty, anger, regret, and love in the lives of the Chance family. Here there is a father whose dreams of glory on a baseball field are shattered by a mill accident, a mother who clings obsessively to a religion as a ward against the darkest hour of her past, and four brothers who come of age during the seismic upheavals of the sixties and who each choose their own way to deal with what the world has become.
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Seller's Description:
Fair. There is handwriting, stickers or numbers inside the front cover Corners are bent. There are tears on paperback. Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
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Seller's Description:
Good. No Jacket. 1st Printing. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. pp. 716. 716 pp. First printing thus. The cover edges are rubbed, and there is stress creasing on the spine. The binding is tight and the text is clean.
This is the only book that I literally stayed up all night to finish! This is an emotional whip-saw of a read. Duncan will have you laughing out loud in one paragraph, introspective in the next; by the next page you may be crying. Only a handful of books are exceptional enough to be on my top ten. This one is in the top five!
marguerite
Apr 11, 2009
phenomenal book
This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. From the first page to the last I loved it. I've already recommended it to everyone I know.
