For Love - Softcover

Miller, Sue

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ISBN 10: 0060929995 ISBN 13: 9780060929992

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 1999

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With insight and intelligence, Sue Miller explores the intricates of family and love

Lottie Gardner, her brother, Cameron, and their childhood friend Elizabeth have all come together in their hometown of Cambridge, Massachusetts, after years of separation. Lottie is barraged with memories of the past as she packs up her mother's house and witnesses the rekindling of an old romance between Cameron and Elizabeth. When a senseless tragedy intrudes upon them, Lottie is forced to examine the consequences of what she has done for love.

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"Each of her characters is complete and distinctive, a compendium of lovable and exasperating traits...Each character has a turn at capturing our full attention."--Los Angeles Times

"Vivid realism, insight and understanding...Ms. Miller writes with wisdom, compassion, and an almost palpable sense of reality about the ambiguous and difficult choices that...at one time or another, life demands of us."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A tour dew force by any standards...One reason for Miller's popularity is that she earns her fans in a time-honored way: she writes for readers."--Newsweek

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For Love tells the story of Lottie Gardner, her brother Cameron, and their childhood friend Elizabeth, who all come together one summer in their hometown of Cambridge, Massachusetts, after years of separation. The packing up of her mother's house and the rekindling of the romance between Cameron and Elizabeth lead Lottie to look back at her past, as well as to consider the future of her own new marriage. The intrusion of a senseless tragedy upon the lives of all three characters forces Lottie to examine the consequences of the things she herself has done, and will do, for love.|With insight and intelligence, Sue Miller explores the intricacies of family and love

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