Snow Angels - Hardcover

O'Nan, Stewart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385475748 ISBN 13: 9780385475747

Publisher: Doubleday, 1994

Synopsis

Winner of the 1993 Pirates Alley William Faulkner Prize, a haunting first novel is actually two stories--Arty's account of his family's breakup and the life and death of Annie Marchand, a young woman he adored as a child.

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Review:

"A thriller of the heart, at once suspenseful and emotionally absorbing."--"Newsday""" "Beautiful and harrowing . . . An exquisite double helix, each of its two strands a tale of an unraveling family, curving in tenuous but essential relation to the other.""--Elle" "Stunning . . . A truthful and deeply sad picture of the American hinterland, which has lost religion and maybe also lost its capacity for sustained love. . . . Wonderfully effective . . . O'Nan sees with a vengeance."--"The New York Times Book Review" "Haunting . . . a whole that's much more than the sum of its parts . . . Moving, beautifully constructed, morally complex."--"The Washington Post Book World" "Shines with a cold, stark light . . . Strangely beautiful."--"Los Angeles"" Times" "Stunningly heartbreaking . . . It has an air of the intricately beautiful tragedies of Edith Warton. . . . All [the characters] are flawlessly imprinted, like perfect snow angels with no tracks leading away."--"The" "Times-Picayune "(New Orleans)

"A thriller of the heart, at once suspenseful and emotionally absorbing."--"Newsday"

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"Beautiful and harrowing . . . An exquisite double helix, each of its two strands a tale of an unraveling family, curving in tenuous but essential relation to the other.""--Elle"

"Stunning . . . A truthful and deeply sad picture of the American hinterland, which has lost religion and maybe also lost its capacity for sustained love. . . . Wonderfully effective . . . O'Nan sees with a vengeance."--"The New York Times Book Review"

"Haunting . . . a whole that's much more than the sum of its parts . . . Moving, beautifully constructed, morally complex."--"The Washington Post Book World"

"Shines with a cold, stark light . . . Strangely beautiful."--"Los Angeles"" Times"

"Stunningly heartbreaking . . . It has an air of the intricately beautiful tragedies of Edith Warton. . . . All [the characters] are flawlessly imprinted, like perfect snow angels with no tracks leading away."--"The""Times-Picayune "(New Orleans)

A thriller of the heart, at once suspenseful and emotionally absorbing. "Newsday"

Beautiful and harrowing . . . An exquisite double helix, each of its two strands a tale of an unraveling family, curving in tenuous but essential relation to the other. "Elle"

Stunning . . . A truthful and deeply sad picture of the American hinterland, which has lost religion and maybe also lost its capacity for sustained love. . . . Wonderfully effective . . . O'Nan sees with a vengeance. "The New York Times Book Review"

Haunting . . . a whole that's much more than the sum of its parts . . . Moving, beautifully constructed, morally complex. "The Washington Post Book World"

Shines with a cold, stark light . . . Strangely beautiful. "Los Angeles Times"

Stunningly heartbreaking . . . It has an air of the intricately beautiful tragedies of Edith Warton. . . . All [the characters] are flawlessly imprinted, like perfect snow angels with no tracks leading away. "The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)""

"A thriller of the heart, at once suspenseful and emotionally absorbing." --Newsday

"Beautiful and harrowing . . . An exquisite double helix, each of its two strands a tale of an unraveling family, curving in tenuous but essential relation to the other." --Elle

"Stunning . . . A truthful and deeply sad picture of the American hinterland, which has lost religion and maybe also lost its capacity for sustained love. . . . Wonderfully effective . . . O'Nan sees with a vengeance." --The New York Times Book Review

"Haunting . . . a whole that's much more than the sum of its parts . . . Moving, beautifully constructed, morally complex." --The Washington Post Book World

"Shines with a cold, stark light . . . Strangely beautiful." --Los Angeles Times

"Stunningly heartbreaking . . . It has an air of the intricately beautiful tragedies of Edith Warton. . . . All [the characters] are flawlessly imprinted, like perfect snow angels with no tracks leading away." --The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

From the Author:

A good book that brought back lots of memorys.
I thought this was a very good read. What was most interesting to me was the town of Butler, Pa. where I lived and was a businessman for eighteen years. Stewart was right on with the names of places he talked about; like Susans Motel with the waterbeds. Many an adultrous meetings were held there by people I new. Natili's, where I spent some time having a few cocktails with my drinking buddys and the Burger Hut where we would end up after a night of drinking for something to eat. I knew the owners of these establishments very well. I also was an owner of one of the establishments mentioned in this novel. I was managing partner of the Rusty Nail from 1973-1980. Butler is a town that has a lot to say and could fill many books, both fiction and non fiction. For a mill town, this was one great party place, especially in the 1970's and the 1980's. This town has some wonderfully interesting characters.

Mr. O'nan did a wonderful job of depicting this town. His book fits this town to a tee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0385475748
• ISBN 13: 9780385475747
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1