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Let the great world spin : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0812973992
- ISBN: 9780812973990
- ISBN: 0812973992 : PAP
- ISBN: 0812973992 : PAP
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Physical Description:
375 p. ; 21 cm.
print - Edition: Random House trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, 2010, c2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A reader's guide" -- p. [355]-375. |
| Summary, etc.: | A rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s. A radical young Irish monk struggles with his own demons as he lives among the prostitutes in the middle of the burning Bronx. A group of mothers gathers in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their sons who died in Vietnam, only to discover just how much divides them even in grief. A young artist finds herself at the scene of a hit-and-run that sends her own life careening sideways. A 38-year-old grandmother turns tricks alongside her teenage daughter, determined not only to take care of her family but to prove her own worth. Weaving together these and other seemingly disparate lives, McCann's allegory comes alive in the voices of the city's people, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and the "artistic crime of the century"--a mysterious tightrope walker dancing between the Twin Towers.--From publisher's description. |
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| Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | JBHS Twelfth Grade Summer Reading |
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ansonia Public Library | FIC McCANN, COLUM PBK (Text) | 34045117372321 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Babcock Library - Ashford | F McC (Text) | 33110143345492 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | F McC (Text) | 33180120678660 | Adult Fiction - First Floor | Available | - |
| Guilford Smith Library - South Windham | F MCC (Text) | 34059117569463 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| North Branch - Bridgeport | FIC MCCANN (Text) | 34000080048127 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ridgefield Library | FIC MCCANN (Text) | 34010149643628 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Seymour Public Library | MCCA (Text) | 34043112164926 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
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| 300 | . | ‡a375 p. ; ‡c21 cm. | |
| 500 | . | ‡a"A reader's guide" -- p. [355]-375. | |
| 520 | . | ‡aIn 1974 Manhattan, a radical young Irish monk struggles with personal demons while making his home among Bronx prostitutes, a group of mothers shares grief over their lost Vietnam soldier sons, and a young grandmother attempts to prove her worth. | |
| 520 | . | ‡aA rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s. A radical young Irish monk struggles with his own demons as he lives among the prostitutes in the middle of the burning Bronx. A group of mothers gathers in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their sons who died in Vietnam, only to discover just how much divides them even in grief. A young artist finds herself at the scene of a hit-and-run that sends her own life careening sideways. A 38-year-old grandmother turns tricks alongside her teenage daughter, determined not only to take care of her family but to prove her own worth. Weaving together these and other seemingly disparate lives, McCann's allegory comes alive in the voices of the city's people, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and the "artistic crime of the century"--a mysterious tightrope walker dancing between the Twin Towers.--From publisher's description. | |
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