Abby, a daily visitor to pine haven, bereft after the disappearance of her dog, dollbaby. And the residents, staff, and neighbors of the pine haven retirement center from twelveyearold abby to eightyfiveyearold sadie share some. Mccorkles masterful microcosm invokes profound sadness, harsh insight and guffaws, often. Beth henley, pulitzer prizewinning playwright jill is going to break your heart, but along the way make you glad you went with her.
The oprah magazine awardwinning author jill mccorkle takes us on a splendid journey through time and memory in this, her tenth work of fiction. And the residents, staff, and neighbors of the pine haven retirement center from twelveyearold abby to eightyfiveyearold sadie share some of lifes most profound. Life after life, by jill mccorkle the new york times. Winner of the new england booksellers award, the dos passos prize for excellence in literature, and the north carolina award for literature, she has taught writing at the university of north carolina, bennington college, tufts university, and harvard. Amid a literary landscape increasingly rife with metafictional and postmodern high jinks, jill mccorkles sixth novel, life after life, is as. Jill mccorkles first novel in seventeen years is alive with the daily triumphs and. Life after life is filled with a sense of wonder at our capacity for selfdiscovery at any age. The oprah magazine awardwinning author jill mccorkle takes us on a splendid journey. Jill mccorkle in her words writing life after life.
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