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Absorbed in her own failings, 43-year-old Clara Purdy crashes her life into a sharp left turn, taking the young family in the other car along with her. When bruises on the mother, Lorraine, prove to be late-stage cancer, Clara moves the three children and their terrible grandmother into her own house while Lorraine undergoes treatment at the local hospital.
We know what is good, but we don't do it. In Good to a Fault, Clara decides to give it a try, and then has to cope with the consequences : exhaustion, fury, hilarity, and unexpected love. But she questions her own motives. Is she acting out of true goodness, or out of guilt? And most shamefully, has she taken the family over simply because she wants one of her own?
In Good to a Fault, award-winning writer Marina Endicott examines what we owe in this life and what we deserve. And the result is a profound and unforgettable novel.
We know what is good, but we don't do it. In Good to a Fault, Clara decides to give it a try, and then has to cope with the consequences : exhaustion, fury, hilarity, and unexpected love. But she questions her own motives. Is she acting out of true goodness, or out of guilt? And most shamefully, has she taken the family over simply because she wants one of her own?
In Good to a Fault, award-winning writer Marina Endicott examines what we owe in this life and what we deserve. And the result is a profound and unforgettable novel.
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"There's heartbreak, there's joy, there are parts where you cry - and it's very high quality writing. Well done!" (Margaret Atwood Giller Prize Jury remarks)
"Witty and wise, light and dark, with many unexpected moments." (Colm Tóibín)
"Good to a Fault is one of those novels you want to tell people about. It's unpretentious and affecting, with characters to remember and themes that linger and resound" (Meg Wolitzer, author of The Ten-Year Nap)
"The Canadian writer Marina Endicott's second novel, Good to a Fault, won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and one can see why. It's just as funny and absorbing as her debut, Open Arms." (Patrick Gale)
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"Witty and wise, light and dark, with many unexpected moments." (Colm Tóibín)
"Good to a Fault is one of those novels you want to tell people about. It's unpretentious and affecting, with characters to remember and themes that linger and resound" (Meg Wolitzer, author of The Ten-Year Nap)
"The Canadian writer Marina Endicott's second novel, Good to a Fault, won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and one can see why. It's just as funny and absorbing as her debut, Open Arms." (Patrick Gale)
A compassionate, funny and memorable novel about life and death - and what happens when we try to do the right thing.
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- PublisherFreehand Books
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1551119994
- ISBN 13 9781551119991
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. New - Unread For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos In A Moment Of Self-Absorption, Clara Purdy?S Life Takes A Sharp Left Turn When She Crashes Into A Beat-Up Car Carrying An Itinerant Family Of Six. The Gage Family Had Been Travelling To A New Life In Fort Mcmurray, But Bruises On The Mother, Lorraine, Prove To Be Late-Stage Cancer Rather Than Remnants Of The Accident. Recognizing Their Need As Her Responsibility, Clara Tries To Do The Right Thing And Moves The Children, Husband And Horrible Grandmother Into Her Own House?Then Has To Cope With The Consequences Of Practical Goodness. As Lorraine Walks The Borders Of Death, Clara Expands Into Life, Finding Purpose, Energy And Unexpected Love Amidst The Hard, Unaccustomed Work Of Sharing Her Days. But The Burden Is Not Clara?S Alone: Lorraine?S Children Must Cope With Divided Loyalties And Lorraine Must Live With Her Growing, Unpayable Debt To Clara?And The Feeling That Clara Has Taken Her Place. What, Exactly, Does It Mean To Be Good? When Is Sacrifice Merely Selfishness? What Do We Owe In This Life And What Do We Deserve? Marina Endicott Looks At Life And Death Through The Compassionate Lens Of A Born Novelist: Being Good, Being At Fault, And Finding Some Balance On The Precipice. Seller Inventory # 001643
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