Abide with Me - Softcover

Strout, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743239318 ISBN 13: 9780743239318

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2006

Synopsis

In the 1950s, in the small town of West Annett, Maine, a minister struggles to regain his calling, his family, and his happiness in the wake of profound loss. At the same time, the community he has served so charismatically must conjure with its own strengths and failings-faith and hypocrisy, loyalty and abandonment - when a shocking secret is revealed. Tyler Caskey was not born in West Annett, but he has grown to love it; the short, brilliant summers and the sharp, piercing winters fill him with awe-as does his congregation, full of good people, people who seek his guidance and earnestly lean forward to listen as he preaches. But after suffering a terrible loss, Tyler finds it difficult returning to himself as he once was. He hasn't had The Feeling-that God is all around him, in the beauty of the land-for quite some time. He struggles to find the right words in his sermons and in his conversations with those facing crises of their own, And to bring his five-year-old daughter, Katherine, out of the silence she has observed in the wake the family's tragedy. A congregation that had once been kind and understanding during Tyler's grief now questions his leadership and propriety. In the kitchens, classrooms, offices, and stores of this village, anger and gossip have started to swirl. And in Tyler's darkest hour, a startling discovery will test his congregation's humanity-and his own will to endure the kinds of trials that sooner or later test us all.

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Review:

Praise for Amy and Isabelle
"Stunning . . . heartbreaking . . . Every once in a long while, a novel comes along that plunges deep into your psyche, leaving you breathless."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"One of those rare, invigorating books that take an apparently familiar world and peer into it with ruthless intimacy, revealing a strange and startling place."
-The New York Times Book Review
"A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life."
-Alice Munro
"Excellent . . . unflaggingly engaging . . . What a pleasure to gain entry into the world of this book."
-The New Yorker

"From the Hardcover edition."

Praise for Amy and Isabelle
" Stunning . . . heartbreaking . . . Every once in a long while, a novel comes along that plunges deep into your psyche, leaving you breathless."
- San Francisco Chronicle
" One of those rare, invigorating books that take an apparently familiar world and peer into it with ruthless intimacy, revealing a strange and startling place."
- The New York Times Book Review
" A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life."
- Alice Munro
" Excellent . . . unflaggingly engaging . . . What a pleasure to gain entry into the world of this book."
- The New Yorker

"From the Hardcover edition."

Praise for Amy and Isabelle

"Stunning . . . heartbreaking . . . Every once in a long while, a novel comes along that plunges deep into your psyche, leaving you breathless."
-San Francisco Chronicle

"One of those rare, invigorating books that take an apparently familiar world and peer into it with ruthless intimacy, revealing a strange and startling place."
-The New York Times Book Review

"A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life."
-Alice Munro

"Excellent . . . unflaggingly engaging . . . What a pleasure to gain entry into the world of this book."
-The New Yorker
"From the Hardcover edition."

Strout s greatly anticipated second novel . . . is an answered prayer. "Vanity Fair"
Superb . . . a shimmering tale of loss, faith, and human fallibility . . . You feel yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. "O: The Oprah Magazine"
Deeply moving . . . In one beautiful page after another, Strout captures the mysterious combinations of hope and sorrow. She sees all these wounded people with heartbreaking clarity, but she has managed to write a story that cradles them in understanding and that, somehow, seems like a foretaste of salvation. "The Washington Post"
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This lovely second novel confirms Strout as the possessor of an irresistibly companionable, peculiarly American voice: folksy, poetic, but always as precise as a shadow on a brilliant winter day. "The Atlantic Monthly"
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Graceful and moving . . . The pacing of Strout s deeply felt fiction about the distance between parents and children gives her work an addictive quality. "People "(four stars)

"From the Hardcover edition.""

"Strout's greatly anticipated second novel . . . is an answered prayer."--Vanity Fair

"Superb . . . a shimmering tale of loss, faith, and human fallibility . . . You feel yourself in the hands of a master storyteller."--O: The Oprah Magazine

"Deeply moving . . . In one beautiful page after another, Strout captures the mysterious combinations of hope and sorrow. She sees all these wounded people with heartbreaking clarity, but she has managed to write a story that cradles them in understanding and that, somehow, seems like a foretaste of salvation."--The Washington Post

"This lovely second novel confirms Strout as the possessor of an irresistibly companionable, peculiarly American voice: folksy, poetic, but always as precise as a shadow on a brilliant winter day."--The Atlantic Monthly

"Graceful and moving . . . The pacing of Strout's deeply felt fiction about the distance between parents and children gives her work an addictive quality."--People (four stars)

From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author:

Elizabeth Strout's tenure as a lawyer (six months) was slightly longer than her career as a stand-up comedian (one night). She has also worked as a bartender, waitress and piano player at bars across the USA. She now teaches literature in New York, where she lives with her husband and daughter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743239318
• ISBN 13: 9780743239318
• Binding: Paperback