A Wedding in December: A Novel - eBook

Name: A Wedding in December: A Novel - eBook
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ISBN: 9780316024259

By: Anita Shreve

Little, Brown and Company / 2007 / ePub

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Product Description

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At an inn in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, seven former schoolmates gather for a wedding. Bridget is marrying Bill--who was her lover at Kidd Academy years ago--after a chance encounter has brought them together again. Nora, the owner of the inn, has agreed to host this reunion of her old friends a group that was once close as only high school friends can be but was scattered by a tragedy that occurred just before graduation.

Product Information

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Title: A Wedding in December: A Novel - eBook
By: Anita Shreve
Format: DRM Protected ePub
Vendor: Little, Brown and Company

Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9780316024259
ISBN-13: 9780316024259
Stock No: WW7663EB

Publisher's Description

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At an inn in the Berkshire Mountains, seven former schoolmates gather to celebrate a wedding -- a reunion that becomes the occasion of astonishing revelations as the friends collectively recall a long-ago night that indelibly marked each of their lives. Written with the fluent narrative artistry that distinguishes all of Anita Shreve's bestselling novels, A Wedding in December acutely probes the mysteries of the human heart and the endless allure of paths not taken.

Author Bio

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Anita Shreve is the acclaimed author of more than fifteen novels, including Testimony; The Pilot's Wife, which was a selection of Oprah's Book Club; and The Weight of Water, which was a finalist for England's Orange prize. She lives in Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

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"A very enjoyable novel...beautifully and imaginatively written."—Washington Post
"A Wedding in December showcases an author at one with her métier, indeed one who has rarely been in better form than in this tasteful and polished novel."—Miami Herald
"The reader may be surprised at how quickly the pages turn."—Nahal Toosi, Newsday
"Engrossing...An excellent novel about new beginnings threatened by old memories that ultimately reveal uncomfortable secrets from the past...By book's end, lives are drastically changed, and Shreve has made readers care that they have."—Fort Worth Star-Telegram