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Gone so long : a novel / Andre Dubus III.

Summary:

In this deeply compelling new novel, a father, estranged for the worst of reasons, is driven to seek out the daughter he has not seen in decades. Daniel Ahearn lives a quiet, solitary existence in a seaside New England town. Forty years ago, following a shocking act of impulsive violence on his part, his daughter, Susan, was ripped from his arms by police. Now in her forties, Susan still suffers from the trauma of a night she doesn't remember, as she struggles to feel settled, to love a man and create something that lasts. Lois, her maternal grandmother who raised her, tries to find peace in her antique shop in a quaint Florida town but cannot escape her own anger, bitterness, and fear. Cathartic, affirming, and steeped in the empathy and precise observations of character for which Dubus is celebrated, Gone So Long explores how the wounds of the past afflict the people we become, and probes the limits of recovery and absolution.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393244106
  • ISBN: 0393244105
  • Physical Description: 452 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Subject: Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Antique dealers > Fiction.
Florida > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 21 of 21 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Scenic Regional.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 21 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Scenic Regional-Sullivan FIC DUB (Text) 3006559479 Fiction Available -
Scenic Regional-Warrenton FIC DUB (Text) 3006559487 Fiction Available -

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