Gathering Home - Hardcover

Covington, Vicki

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671660551 ISBN 13: 9780671660550

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1988

Synopsis

Her adoptive father's decision to run for Congress spurs Whitney Gaines to trace her biological parents, bringing her both painful and joyous revelations about her two families and about herself

About this title

Review:

"Vicki Covington has the courage to write with tenderness, the wit to keep her characters close to the heart. Gathering Home is . . . full of loveliness and restrained tension. "--Louise Erdrich

"Subtle and affirming . . . filled with memorable characters who make ordinary goodness seem both accessible and desirable. "--Publisher's Weekly

About the Author:

Vicki Marsh Covington is the author of four novels, Gathering Home, Bird of Paradise, Night Ride Home, and The Last Hotel for Women. Most recently, she is coauthor of Cleaving: The Story of a Marriage, a memoir written with her husband, writer Dennis Covington. The Covingtons live in Birmingham, Alabama.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0671660551
• ISBN 13: 9780671660550
• Binding: Hardcover