The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass
Seventy-year-old Percy Darling is settling happily into retirement: reading novels, watching old movies, and swimming naked in his pond. But his routines are disrupted when he is persuaded to let a locally beloved preschool take over his barn. As Percy sees his rural refuge overrun by children, parents, and teachers, he must reexamine the solitary life he has made in the three decades since the sudden death of his wife. With equal parts affection and humor, Julia Glass spins a captivating tale about a man who can no longer remain aloof from his community, his two grown daughters, or-to his great shock-the precarious joy of falling in love.Julia Glass's books include Three Junes, which won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2002, The Whole World Over, and I See You Everywhere, which won the Binghamton University John Gardner Book Award in 2009. The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study have all awarded her fellowships. Her personal essays have been frequently anthologized, and her short fiction has won several awards. Her family and she live in Massachusetts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307456106 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307456102 |
| Title | The Widower's Tale |
| Author | Julia Glass |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 2011-07-12 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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