Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this "charming, compassionate little masterpiece" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Pulitzer-Prize winning author Anna Quindlen traces the coming-of-age of a young girl struggling to find her way within the tangle of her quirky, loving Irish-Catholic family.
"A small triumph . . . elaborate and playful . . . honest and deeply felt . . . Here is the Quindlen wit, the sharp eye for details of class and manners, the ardent reading of domestic lives."--The New York Times (Best Books of the Year) It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie Scanlan and her family are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is desperately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having. . . .
Author: Anna Quindlen
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 06/23/1997
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.33h x 5.49w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780449001011
ISBN10: 0449001016
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Sagas
"A small triumph . . . elaborate and playful . . . honest and deeply felt . . . Here is the Quindlen wit, the sharp eye for details of class and manners, the ardent reading of domestic lives."--The New York Times (Best Books of the Year) It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie Scanlan and her family are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is desperately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having. . . .
Author: Anna Quindlen
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 06/23/1997
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.33h x 5.49w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780449001011
ISBN10: 0449001016
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Sagas
About the Author
Anna Quindlen is the author of many bestselling books, including the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Rise and Shine, the #1 bestselling memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, and A Short Guide to a Happy Life. Her other novels include Blessings, One True Thing, the Oprah Book Club Selection Black and Blue, and Still Life with Bread Crumbs.