Blessings

Blessings

by Anna Quindlen (Author)

Synopsis

In this beautiful novel, the author of BLACK AND BLUE, ONE TRUE THING, OBJECT LESSONS and A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE explores the power of love as a catalyst for change and redemption. A young couple comes one night to the estate owned by Lydia Blessing and they leave a box in the driveway. Richly written and deeply moving, BLESSINGS, tells the story of Skip Cuddy, the caretaker at the estate, who finds a baby asleep in that box and decides to keep her; and matriarch Lydia Blessing, who, for her own reasons, decides to help him. The secrets of the past, how they influence people in the present; what makes a person, a life, legitimate or illegitimate, and who decides; the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community - all are at the centre of this novel.

$4.33

Save:$8.22 (66%)

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Hutchinson
Published: 06 Feb 2003

ISBN 10: 0091794692
ISBN 13: 9780091794699
Book Overview: In the bestselling tradition of Anne Tyler, Blessings explores the power of love as a catalyst for change and redemption.

Author Bio
Anna Quindlen is the author of three bestselling novels, Object Lessons, One True Thing and Black and Blue, and three non-fiction books, Living Out Loud, Thinking Out Loud and A Short Guide to a Happy Life. Her New York Times column 'Public and Private' won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992. She is currently a columnist for Newsweek and lives with her husband and children in New York.