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What is Left the Daughter
What Is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman WHAT IS LEFT THE DAUGHTER
by Howard Norman
read by Bronson Pinchot
General Fiction • Unabridged
Blackstone Exclusive | Simultaneous Release
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6 Tapes* 9781441765482 YES $54.95 $27.48
* packaged in a sturdy vinyl case.
Book ID(5982) - 8 hrs (est.), Published - 07/06/10
DESCRIPTION

On Oprah’s Summer Reading List for 2010

Howard Norman, widely regarded as one of this country’s finest novelists, returns to the mesmerizing fictional terrain of his major books—The Bird Artist, The Museum Guard, and The Haunting of L—in this erotically charged and morally complex story set during WWII.

Orphaned by the sudden suicides of both his parents (who discovered they were in love with the same woman), seventeen-year-old Wyatt Hillyer is taken in by his aunt and uncle in the small town of Middle Economy, Novia Scotia, where he is apprenticed to his uncle's toboggan business and falls in love with his ravishing adopted cousin, Tilda. Setting in motion the novel’s chain of life-altering passions is the arrival of German student Hans Mohring, carrying only a satchel. Actual historical incidents, including a German U-boat’s sinking of the Nova Scotia–Newfoundland ferry Caribou, lend intense narrative power to Norman’s uncannily layered story of wartime perfidy and prejudice. Tilda's feelings for Hans stir up tensions that will test the bonds of love, family, and community to its limits.

Wyatt’s personal account of the astonishing events leading up to his fathering of a beloved daughter spills out twenty-one years later. It’s a confession that speaks profoundly of the mysteries of human character in wartime and is directed, with both despair and hope, to an audience of one. An utterly stirring novel, this is Howard Norman at his celebrated best.



REVIEWS

“The latest from master of precision Howard Norman is again set in the gray majesty of Nova Scotia…In What Is Left the Daughter, Norman writes with spare elegance and dry humor, and the extraordinary emotional power of his slim new novel is earned with authentic grace.”—Entertainment Weekly

“[What Is Left the Daughter] starts off with a bang—or, rather, a splash…Howard Norman is a gentle, deliberate writer, and his humor is smart and dry [in this] novel about the illogic of love and the violent chaos it leaves in its wake.”—New York Times Book Review

“An expertly crafted tale of love during wartime…Norman’s writing is effortless, and his plot is grand in scope but studded with moments of tenderness and intimacy that help crystallize the anxiety and weariness of life on the home front. That Norman is able to achieve so much in 250 pages is a testament to his mastery of the craft.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“[An] intricately beautiful story about love, jealousy, war, prejudice, survival and a library…His writing, sometimes described as quiet, can briefly lull you into thinking he’s not paying enough attention to his plot. Then, wham!”—Wall Street Journal

“Norman…scores again with this gripping account of a family ripped apart by obsession and murder…Norman has developed this brave, emotionally reticent man with great delicacy. It is extraordinary that a story which carries such a weight of sorrow is never depressing, but Norman the master craftsman pulls it off.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"This is an old story of unrequited love, but thanks to the delightfully weird details, Norman turns a tiny town into an entire world in which even the most heinous sins can—almost—be forgiven."—O, the Oprah Magazine



HOWARD NORMAN is a three-time winner of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and a winner of the Lannan Award for fiction. His novels The Northern Lights and The Bird Artist were nominated for National Book Awards. His books have been translated into twelve languages. He lives in Washington, D.C., and Vermont with his wife and daughter.



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