And the Dark Sacred Night (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic) - Hardcover

Glass, Julia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410468518 ISBN 13: 9781410468512

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2014

Synopsis

The award-winning author on her best subject--family secrets--in the story of a middle-aged man who searches for his father, upending relationships beyond his own and changing forever the way he fits into the world he thought he knew so well.
Kit Noonan's life is stalled: unemployed, twins to help support, a mortgage to pay--and a frustrated wife, who is certain that more than anything else, Kit needs to solve the mystery of his father's identity. He begins with a visit to his former stepfather, Jasper, a take-no-prisoners Vermont outdoorsman. But it is another person who has kept the secret: Lucinda Burns, wife of a revered senior statesman and mother of Malachy (the journalist who died of AIDS in Glass's first novel, "Three Junes"). She and her husband are the only ones who know the full story of an accident whose repercussions spread even further when Jasper introduces Lucinda to Kit. Immersing readers in a panorama that stretches from Vermont to the tip of Cape Cod, Glass weaves together the lives of Kit, Jasper, Lucinda and ultimately, Fenno McLeod, the beloved protagonist of "Three Junes" (now in his sixties). An unforgettable novel about the youthful choices that steer our destinies, the necessity of forgiveness, and the surprisingly mutable meaning of family.

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Review

"An elegant and moving novel." --The New Yorker

"A tender, insightful, and winning exploration of the modern family and the infinite number of shapes it can take." --People

"Sophisticated and surprising. . . . Luminous." --San Francisco Chronicle

"The only regret you'll have at the end of this particular story is that it's over." --Entertainment Weekly

"Breathtaking. . . . Heartfelt. . . . What makes this novel so fresh is its notion that the need to know where we come from isn't limited to our formative years. And that all buried secrets are bittersweet when revealed." --Minneapolis Star Tribune

"An exquisitely detailed novel." --O, The Oprah Magazine

"An engrossing read." --Newsday

"This memento mori is as much about the teeming, glad business of life as it is about grief--'the bright blessed day, ' as the Louis Armstrong song puts it, as well as the dark sacred night." --The Washington Post

"Glass' prose is so lovely and filled with felicitous phrases and insights that when she orchestrates a family reunion, the reader is apt to just follow along like Kit, knowing the music is bound to enthrall." --The Dallas Morning News

"The delight of reading Julia Glass turns out to be the connections we make with her generous characters, who become as endearing--and exasperating--as the people we love in real life." --The Miami Herald

"Wretched and wonderful--indeed, dark yet sacred." --BookPage

"Glass explores the pain of family secrets, the importance of identity, and the ultimate meaning of family. . . . [A] lovely, highly readable, and thought-provoking novel." --Booklist (starred)

About the Author

Julia Glass is the author of" Three Junes," winner of the 2002 National Book Award for Fiction; "The Whole World Over; I See You Everywhere," winner of the 2009 Binghamton University John Gardner Book Award; and "The Widower's Tale." The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Radcliff Institute for Advanced Study, Glass lives in Massachusetts with her family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1410468518
• ISBN 13: 9781410468512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 661