Publication

2010 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

140,500 words, Guess

Page Count

562 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveisbn_9781611294187
  • ISBN-101429979437
  • ISBN-100007419716
  • ISBN-139781429979436
  • ISBN-139780007419715
and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number754640344
  • Better World Books9781429979436
  • Better World Books9780007419715
  • Open LibraryOL32110155M

Classifications

  • DDC813.54
  • LCCPS3556.R352

Description

This novel follows several members of an American family, the Berglunds, as well as their close friends and lovers, as complex and troubled relationships unfold over many years. The book follows them through the last decades of the twentieth century and concludes near the beginning of the Obama administration. The Berglunds are the middle class suburban family that the neighbors just love to talk about. Walter, the successful and doting husband, and Patty, the tall ex varsity basketball player who bakes Christmas cookies for each resident of Barrier Street, seem like the perfect couple. But life is not the pretty picture presented to the world. When their precious first born is corrupted by the wanton girl next door, the edges fray on the Berglunds' family fabric. An old friend emerges, tall, dark and only slightly disheveled and mistakes are made.

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  • FreedomFarrar, Straus and Giroux2010-01-01

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