Object Lessons Object Lessons

Object Lessons

A Novel

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Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “charming, compassionate little masterpiece(The Philadelphia Inquirer), Pulitzer–Prize winning author Anna Quindlen traces the coming-of-age of a young girl struggling to find her way within the tangle of her quirky, loving Irish-Catholic family.

“A small triumph . . . elaborate and playful . . . honest and deeply felt . . . Here is the Quindlen wit, the sharp eye for details of class and manners, the ardent reading of domestic lives.”—The New York Times (Best Books of the Year)


It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie Scanlan and her family are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is desperately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having. . . .

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1991
April 9
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
8.9
MB

Customer Reviews

brer10 ,

Superb

I have been a fan of Anna Quindlen's writing for years, but had never read this first novel. Her talent has only improved from this, a remarkable beginning. Poignant, believable, superbly crafted, difficult to put down. Real, relatable, leaving me hungry for more. One of the great novelists of our time.

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