| The Good Wife Contributor(s): O'Nan, Stewart (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312425015 ISBN-13: 9780312425012 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: At once a love story and a portrait of a woman discovering her own strength, "The Good Wife" follows a woman through the 28 years of her husband's incarceration, as she raises her son, navigates a system that has no place for her, and braves the scorn of her community. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004053247 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On a clear winter night in upstate New York, two young men break in to a house. Within minutes, an old woman is dead and the house is in flames. Across the country, Patty Dickerson's phone rings. It's her husband. He wants her to know that he and his friend have gotten themselves into a little trouble. So Patty's old life ends and a strange new one begins. For the next twenty-eight years, she must live with the absence caused by her husband's incarceration, attempt to raise her son, and brave the scorn of her community. As unflinching as it is heartrending, "The Good Wife" confirms O'Nan's place as one of our country's most wide-ranging and empathetic masters. |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Nan, Stewart: - Stewart O'Nan's novels include Last Night at the Lobster, The Night Country, and Prayer for the Dying. His novel Snow Angels was the basis of the 2007 film of the same name. He is also the author of the nonfiction books The Circus Fire and, with Stephen King, the bestselling Faithful. Granta named him one of the Twenty Best Young American Novelists. He lives in Pittsburgh. |