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Gone so long : a novel / Andre Dubus III.

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In this deeply compelling new novel, a father, estranged for the worst of reasons, is driven to seek out the daughter he has not seen in decades. Daniel Ahearn lives a quiet, solitary existence in a seaside New England town. Forty years ago, following a shocking act of impulsive violence on his part, his daughter, Susan, was ripped from his arms by police. Now in her forties, Susan still suffers from the trauma of a night she doesn't remember, as she struggles to feel settled, to love a man and create something that lasts. Lois, her maternal grandmother who raised her, tries to find peace in her antique shop in a quaint Florida town but cannot escape her own anger, bitterness, and fear. Cathartic, affirming, and steeped in the empathy and precise observations of character for which Dubus is celebrated, Gone So Long explores how the wounds of the past afflict the people we become, and probes the limits of recovery and absolution.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393244106 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0393244105 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 452 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Subject: Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Antique dealers > Fiction.
Florida > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Easton Area Public Library System. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Easton Main Library DUBUS (Text) 31901004274900 Adult Fiction Available -
Abington Community Library FICTION DUBUS (Text) 50687011604017 Adult Fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library DUBUS, ANDRE (Text) 34455006492975 Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F DUB (Text) 33240004495142 Adult Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library F DUB (Text) 75011000292109 Adult Fiction Available -
Barrett Paradise Friendly Library F Dub (Text) 37171000170262 Adult Fiction Available -
Beaverdale Public Library F DUB (Text) 31814480083382 BVRM Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Coolidge Branch f (Text) 33062009209553 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library f (Text) 33062009052037 Adult Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library FICTION Dub (Text) 85131001633792 CACM Fiction Available -

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