Terms of Endearment

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Paperback
2015
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In this acclaimed novel that inspired the Academy Award-winning film, Pulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry created two unforgettable characters who won the hearts of readers and film-goers everywhere: Aurora Greenway and her daughter, Emma.
Aurora is the kind of woman who makes the whole world orbit around her, including a string of devoted suitors. Widowed and overprotective of her daughter, Aurora adapts at her own pace until life sends two enormous challenges her way: Emma's hasty marrriage and subsequent battle with cancer.
Terms of Endearment is the story of an unforgettable mother and her feisty daughter and their struggle to find the courage and humour to live through life's hazards - and to love each other as never before.

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In this acclaimed novel that inspired the Academy Award-winning film, Pulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry created two unforgettable characters who won the hearts of readers and film-goers everywhere: Aurora Greenway and her daughter, Emma.

Aurora is the kind of woman who makes the whole world orbit around her, including a string of devoted suitors. Widowed and overprotective of her daughter, Aurora adapts at her own pace until life sends two enormous challenges her way: Emma's hasty marrriage and subsequent battle with cancer.

Terms of Endearment is the story of an unforgettable mother and her feisty daughter and their struggle to find the courage and humour to live through life's hazards - and to love each other as never before.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: Main Market Ed.
Publisher: Picador
Published: 08 Oct 2015
ISBN 10: 1447274709
ISBN 13: 9781447274704
Book Overview: The acclaimed novel that inspired the Acadamy Award-winning film, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove

Media Reviews

Very special . . . very winning . . . it will make you laugh and cry * New York Times *
A vivid and richly detailed novel about ourselves and those we love * New Republic *
McMurtry at his best! He is one of the few male authors who can write convincingly from the woman's point of view * Newsday *
McMurtry is one of our best, and Terms of Endearment is one of his finest * Los Angeles Times *
Very special . . . very winning . . . it will make you laugh and cry * New York Times *
A vivid and richly detailed novel about ourselves and those we love * New Republic *
McMurtry at his best! He is one of the few male authors who can write convincingly from the woman's point of view * Newsday *
McMurtry is one of our best, and Terms of Endearment is one of his finest * Los Angeles Times *

Author Bio

Larry McMurtry is the author of more than thirty novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove. He has also written memoirs and essays, and received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Brokeback Mountain. He lives in Archer City, Texas., Larry McMurtry was born in Texas. His first novel, Horseman, Pass By, was filmed as Hud; his second, Leaving Cheyenne, was filmed as Lovin' Molly; his third, The Last Picture Show, also filmed, won him full-scale recognition in the United States. The cinematic treatment of Terms of Endearment swept the boards at the 1984 Academy Awards, winning Oscars in several categories including Best Picture. Larry McMurtry now lives in Washington, where he runs a bookshop.