The Widower's Tale
Author(s): Julia Glass
Seventy-year-old Percy Darling is settling happily into retirement: reading novels, watching old movies, and swimming naked in his pond. But his routines are disrupted when he is persuaded to let a locally beloved preschool take over his barn. As Percy sees his rural refuge overrun by children, parents, and teachers, he must reexamine the solitary life he has made in the three decades since the sudden death of his wife. With equal parts affection and humor, Julia Glass spins a captivating tale about a man who can no longer remain aloof from his community, his two grown daughters, or - to his great shock - the precarious joy of falling in love.
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"Marvelous. . . . A delicate, nuanced, socially conscious story of one family's near-destruction, and how a slew of seemingly bad moves reconnects it." - "USA Today " "An enchanting story of familial bonds and late-life romance. Expect to be infatuated with Glass's protagonist ... he of generous soul, dry wit, and courtly manners." - "O, The Oprah Magazine " "Fans of "Three Junes "will find this fourth novel just as absorbing. It's like reading an involving letter from a long-lost friend." - "People " "This energized, good-humored novel . . . approaches the ties of kinship with the same joyfully disruptive spirit that animated [Glass's] previous books. . . . Satisfyingly cleareyed and compassionate." - "The New York Times Book Review"
General Fields
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- : Alfred A. Knopf
- : Alfred A. Knopf
- : 30 June 2011
- : 01 November 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Julia Glass
- : 416