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The hero of this book : a novel / Elizabeth McCracken.

Summary:
"Ten months after her mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book takes a trip to London. The city was a favorite of her mother's, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself reflecting on her mother's life and their relationship. Thoughts of the past meld with questions of the future: Back in New England, the family home is now up for sale, its considerable contents already winnowed. The woman, a writer, recalls all that made her complicated mother extraordinary-her brilliant wit, her generosity, her unbelievable obstinacy, her sheer will in seizing life despite physical difficulties-and finds herself wondering how her mother had endured. Even though she wants to respect her mother's nearly pathological sense of privacy, the woman must come to terms with whether making a chronicle of this remarkable life constitutes an act of love or betrayal. The Hero of This Book is a searing examination of grief and renewal, and of a deeply felt relationship between a child and her parents. What begins as a question of filial devotion ultimately becomes a lesson in what it means to write. At once comic and heartbreaking, with prose that delights at every turn, this is a novel of such piercing love and tenderness that we are reminded that art is what remains when all else falls away." --author's website.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062971271
  • ISBN: 9780062971272
  • Physical Description: 177 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Subject: Mother and child > Fiction.
Parents > Death > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction.
Genre: Novels.

Available copies

  • 29 of 31 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 31 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library FICTION MCCRACK (Text) 50686016230059 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION MCCRACK (Text) 50686016240546 Adult Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library FICTION McCra (Text) 85131001848614 CACM Fiction Available -
Dalton Community Library FICTION MCCRACK (Text) 50689010459161 Adult Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults MCC Fiction (Text) 34001001426178 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library FIC McCRACKEN, ELIZABETH (Text) 36446002075094 Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library MCC (Text) 33249025354402 Fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library FIC MCCRACKEN ELIZABETH (Text)
Endowment: Frances Ann Sheridan Elbo Named Endowment, 2022
35740635881436 Fiction Available -
Hamburg Public Library MCC (Text) 33249025115779 Fiction Available -
Highland Community Library F McC (Text) 35610001001515 HGHM Fiction Available -


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