Description
One of the great bestseller of our time: the novel that inspired Robert Redford's Oscar-winning film starring Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore In Ordinary People, Judith Guest's remarkable first novel, the Jarrets are a typical American family. Calvin is a determined, successful provider and Beth an organized, efficient wife. They had two sons, Conrad and Buck, but now they have one. In this memorable, moving novel, Judith Guest takes the reader into their lives to share their misunderstandings, pain, and ultimate healing. Ordinary People is an extraordinary novel about an "ordinary" family divided by pain, yet bound by their struggle to heal.
Author: Judith Guest
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 10/28/1982
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.02w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780140065176
ISBN10: 0140065172
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
Author: Judith Guest
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 10/28/1982
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.02w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780140065176
ISBN10: 0140065172
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
About the Author
Judith Guest won the Janet Heidegger Kafka Prize for her first novel, Ordinary People, which was made into the Academy Award-winning 1980 film of the same name. Her other novels are Second Heaven, Killing Time in St. Cloud(with Rebecca Hill), and Errands. She lives with her family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Harrisville, Michigan.