| The New Woman: A Staggerford Novel Contributor(s): Hassler, Jon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0452287642 ISBN-13: 9780452287648 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Populated with the charming crew of eccentrics and quirky characters that keep Hassler's fans clamoring for more, this novel follows 87-year-old Agatha McGee as she discovers that friends and family are the secrets to longevity and that the essence of life lies in the details. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Small Town & Rural - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.42" W x 8" (0.41 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Generational Orientation - Elderly/Aged - Topical - Friendship - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since 1977, Jon Hassler's Staggerford series has entranced readers with its funny and charming depiction of life in small-town America. The New Woman is his latest visit to this Minnesota hamlet. At the age of eighty-eight, Agatha McGee has grudgingly moved out of her house on River Street and into the Sunset Senior Apartments. She's not happy about giving up her independence, and Sunset Senior's arts and crafts activities and weekly excursions to the Blue Sky Casino are hardly a consolation. Meanwhile two of her close friends pass away, her nephew Frederick is drifting into depression, and a kidnapped little girl has suddenly appeared on her doorstep. With characteristic poise and dignity, Agatha takes on her problems and finds that the bonds of friendship and family are still the key to happiness at any age. Affectionate and life-affirming, The New Woman is another delightful trip to a town with a soul as real as rural America itself. |