| The Forms of Water Original Edition Contributor(s): Barrett, Andrea (Author) |
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ISBN: 0671795228 ISBN-13: 9780671795221 Publisher: Washington Square Press OUR PRICE: $19.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1994 Annotation: At the age of 80, Brendan Auberon has one wish: to see his 200 acres of wooded ridge overlooking what was Paradise Valley before the villages were drowned to provide water for Boston. When he tricks his nephew into highjacking the nursing home van and taking him there, Brendan's family thinks he's been kidnapped. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 9240644 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.49" W x 8.54" (0.84 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the age of eighty, Brendan Auberon--formerly of the Order of Our Lady of the Valley, now confined to a nursing home--has one last wish: to see his 200 acres overlooking what used to be Paradise Valley, before the villages were drowned to provide water for the city of Boston. Now, Brendan's memories drift beneath the surface of the Stillwater Reservoir. When Brendan dupes his nephew, Henry, into hijacking the nursing home van for the journey, what begins as a lark becomes an adventure infinitely more complex. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barrett, Andrea: - Andrea Barrett is the author of Archangel, The Air We Breathe, Servants of the Map (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), The Voyage of the Narwhal, Ship Fever (winner of the National Book Award), and other books. She teaches at Williams College and lives in northwestern Massachusetts. |