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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Modified Item
- Yes
- Inscribed
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Personalized
- No
- Signed
- Yes
- Age Level
- Adults
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Slipcase, Signed
- ISBN
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Gallery Books
ISBN-10
1476798176
ISBN-13
9781476798172
eBay Product ID (ePID)
205581914
Product Key Features
Book Title
Did You Ever Have a Family
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, Literary
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-037087
Reviews
This first novel arrives with a shout...Clegg covers the full spectrum of human emotion in this beautifully nuanced story., Illuminate[s] how grief, guilt, regrets and the deep need for human connection are woven into the very flammable fabric of humanity.... Clegg's emotionally direct, polished novel is at once heartrending and heartening. It's a gift to be able to write about such dark stuff without succumbing to utter bleakness, and to infuse even scorching sadness with a ray of hopefulness., PRAISE FOR DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY "An attempt to map how the unbearable is borne, elegantly written and bravely imagined.", In this sorrowful and deeply probing debut novel, literary agent and memoirist Clegg ( Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man ) delivers a story of loss and its grueling aftermath . . . it's Clegg's deft handling of all the parsed details--missed opportunities, harbored regrets, and unspoken good intentions--that make the journey toward redemption and forgiveness so memorable., In this sorrowful and deeply probing debut novel, literary agent and memoirist Clegg ( Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man ) delivers a story of loss and its grueling aftermath . . . it's Clegg's deft handling of all the parsed details-missed opportunities, harbored regrets, and unspoken good intentions-that make the journey toward redemption and forgiveness so memorable., Clegg...cuts through the addiction-memoir noise, recounting the glamour and pathos of self-destruction with efficiency and disturbing clarity., I marveled my way through Did You Ever Have a Family, at not just the masterful writing and storytelling, but at the emotional authenticities of every persuasion. It's a wondrous thing when a writer gets things this right, this absorbing, and this beautiful. Bravo, Bill Clegg, and thank you., Bill Clegg... has written a streamlined, hair-raising, high-torque memoir...Even though we know how the story must end, it's hard to believe Clegg will survive the ordeal he describes in such horrific detail., [Clegg] tells the story in plain, innocence-drenched sentences that bring to mind the wonderful Edmund White, as if to adorn the events would be dishonest., PRAISE FOR PORTRAIT OF AN ADDICT AS A YOUNG MAN "Bill Clegg's Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man stands up to Frederick Exley's great memoir of alcoholism, A Fan's Notes . . . . But really, forget comparisons. Read the book.", In measured prose, Clegg unspools the stories of June and the other survivors as they face unimaginable horror and take their first halting steps toward hope and community., PRAISE FOR THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE NOMINATED DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY "An attempt to map how the unbearable is borne, elegantly written and bravely imagined.", A quiet, measured and engrossing piece.... a poignant portrait of fractured family lives. Clegg's prose conveys the numbed grieving state of mind, its quietness fitting its subject of deep clear-eyed sadness.... It approaches grief gently and, in the end, its gentleness is its triumph., This isn't your typical mystery, it's something better: a real-life thriller in which resolution takes the form of acceptance. While [Clegg] never suggests anything as simplistic as closure for these tormented souls, he manages to find ways for them to move forward from this tragedy, making it seem a little less random than it did at the beginning, and that in and of itself is a kind of mercy., PRAISE FOR DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY "Masterly...The vignettes provide deft reprieves, a mosaic of a community and its connection to the tragedy. And connection-the way people and their lives fuse-is this novel's main concern.", Did You Ever Have a Family is the first full-length foray into fiction for Bill Clegg... but it reads like the quietly assured work of a veteran novelist.... it's rare to find a book that renders unimaginable loss in such an eloquent, elegant voice., [ Did You Ever Have a ] Family is a quiet and beautifully written novel that will keep readers turning the pages.... There is no resignation here. Rather, Clegg seems to say, it is the courage to intervene in another's life that defines the notion of family., Heartbreaking but quietly optimistic, Did You Ever Have a Family is a rumination on horrific loss, healing, forgiveness, and the families we choose for ourselves., [ Did You Ever Have A ] Family melds several grieving voices into a detailed mosaic of a town split between locals and weekenders, a mystery in which the stakes really matter, and a recovery story more original than Clegg's own., In trying to tell the faceted story of a single moment as seen by a hundred different eyes, Clegg has attempted something daring. And the wonder of it is how often his experiment succeeds..., Clegg is both delicately lyrical and emotionally direct in this masterful novel, which strives to show how people make bearable what is unbearable, offering consolation in small but meaningful gestures. Both ineffably sad and deeply inspiring, this mesmerizing novel makes for a powerful debut., Clegg has produced a moving, clever novel that subtly dissects the relationships between mothers and their children, lovers, neighbors and strangers. Did You Ever Have a Family is an unpretentious work about how a life can be salvaged from the ashes. Bill Clegg is an author to watch., The force, range, and scope of Bill Clegg's Did You Ever Have a Family will grab you with its opening lines, and won't let go until its final one. I can't recall another novel that so effortlessly weds a nuanced, lyrical voice to an unflinching vision of just how badly things can go for people. I read it deep into the night, all the way through, telling myself it was getting late, I could finish the book in the morning. I finished it that night, however, slept a few hours, and then, in the morning, started reading it again., PRAISE FOR DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY "I marveled my way through Did You Ever Have a Family, at not just the masterful writing and storytelling, but at the emotional authenticities of every persuasion. It's a wondrous thing when a writer gets things this right, this absorbing, and this beautiful. Bravo, Bill Clegg, and thank you.", A propulsive but tightly crafted narrative... reveal[s] the fine-grained sorrows of the human condition, rendered in polished, quietly captivating prose. As the stories emerge, so do their connections-and the idea of connection itself.... Readers may come to this debut novel because of agent/memoirist Clegg's reputation, but they'll stay for the stellar language and storytelling. Highly recommended., You won't be able to stop reading until it's all gone - and you will crave more...what makes Clegg's book especially riveting is the remarkable speed of his vertiginous fall from grace....Portrait is a spare, elegant book, one that shows admirable restraint in the face of extreme, even pathological behavior (A Million Little Pieces this is not.) Clegg may not have been able to control his demons, but he is utterly in charge of this material, with a voice that is knowing and self-deprecating in exactly the right measure., PRAISE FOR DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY "Masterly...The vignettes provide deft reprieves, a mosaic of a community and its connection to the tragedy. And connection--the way people and their lives fuse--is this novel's main concern.", Like the question it poses, Did You Ever Have a Family is brutally direct yet it's got an enormous symbolic power. You hold in your hands a great book of kindness-every restrained, exquisite sentence comes loaded for bear. It's been a lot of years since a novel has so moved me. Number Bill Clegg among that endangered species: major American writer., How do you continue if all at once, everyone you love has been wiped away? With crosscutting perspectives and a voluminous cast of characters, Clegg constructs a layered narrative with some dexterous plot twists., A propulsive but tightly crafted narrative... reveal[s] the fine-grained sorrows of the human condition, rendered in polished, quietly captivating prose. As the stories emerge, so do their connections--and the idea of connection itself.... Readers may come to this debut novel because of agent/memoirist Clegg's reputation, but they'll stay for the stellar language and storytelling. Highly recommended., PRAISE FOR NINETY DAYS "Clegg has rebuilt his career as an agent and become one of the best-known faces of addiction recovery.", PRAISE FOR DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY "A brilliantly constructed debut set in the aftermath of catastrophic loss.", Like the question it poses, Did You Ever Have a Family is brutally direct yet it's got an enormous symbolic power. You hold in your hands a great book of kindness--every restrained, exquisite sentence comes loaded for bear. It's been a lot of years since a novel has so moved me. Number Bill Clegg among that endangered species: major American writer., You won't be able to stop reading until it's all gone - and you will crave more...what makes Clegg's book especially riveting is the remarkable speed of his vertiginous fall from grace.... Portrait is a spare, elegant book, one that shows admirable restraint in the face of extreme, even pathological behavior ( A Million Little Pieces this is not.) Clegg may not have been able to control his demons, but he is utterly in charge of this material, with a voice that is knowing and self-deprecating in exactly the right measure., Mesmerizing...reading it is like letting the needle down on a Nick Drake album. [Clegg] tells his story in short, atmospheric paragraphs, each separated by white space, each its own strobe-lighted snapshot of decadent poetic memory... .Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man is the lightly narcotized sensorium of Mr. Clegg's prose., Full of small-town secrets and whispers, Bill Clegg has woven a richly textured tale of loss and healing. This is a deeply optimistic book about the power of human sympathy to pull us from the wreckage of our fate.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "Masterly." -The New York Times Book Review "Daring." -NPR Kirkus Reviews 's Best of 2015 Library Journal 's Top Ten Best Books of 2015 Booklist 's Top Ten First Novels The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about a circle of people who find solace in the least likely of places as they cope with a horrific tragedy. On the eve of her daughter's wedding, June Reid's life is completely devastated when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter's fiancé, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke-her entire family, all gone in a moment. And June is the only survivor. Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections through shared heartbreak. From the couple running a motel on the Pacific Ocean where June eventually settles into a quiet half-life, to the wedding's caterer whose bill has been forgotten, to Luke's mother, the shattered outcast of the town-everyone touched by the tragedy is changed as truths about their near and far histories finally come to light. Elegant and heartrending, and one of the most accomplished fiction debuts of the year, Did You Ever Have a Family is an absorbing, unforgettable tale that reveals humanity at its best through forgiveness and hope. At its core is a celebration of family-the ones we are born with and the ones we create., NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, MAN BOOKER PRIZE, PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, AND ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE - AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Amazon - Library Journal - Booklist - NPR - Kirkus Reviews - Guardian - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Google Play - Kobo - Literary Hub - Powell's - Indie Next List Hailed as "masterly" by The New York Times Book Review , "a brilliantly constructed debut set in the aftermath of catastrophic loss" (2015 Man Booker Prize Judges). The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about a circle of people who find solace in the least likely of places as they cope with a horrific tragedy. On the eve of her daughter's wedding, June Reid's life is completely devastated when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter's fianc , her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke--her entire family, all gone in a moment. And June is the only survivor. Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections through shared heartbreak. From the couple running a motel on the Pacific Ocean where June eventually settles into a quiet half-life, to the wedding's caterer whose bill has been forgotten, to Luke's mother, the shattered outcast of the town--everyone touched by the tragedy is changed as truths about their near and far histories finally come to light. Elegant and heartrending, and one of the most accomplished fiction debuts of the year, Did You Ever Have a Family is an absorbing, unforgettable tale that reveals humanity at its best through forgiveness and hope. At its core is a celebration of family--the ones we are born with and the ones we create.
LC Classification Number
PS3603.L455447D53
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- s***d (10)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe packaging was the best I’ve ever seen. It was wrapped in about four different layers which kept the book from getting damaged. The Baal came as described. Shipping was a little long but not too bad.
- r***y (176)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem as described, packaged well and quickly shipped.
- n***r (64)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem as described in post. Great communication from seller and would purchase from them without hesitation.SIGNED Fugitives and Refugees by Chuck Palahniuk (2003 Hardcover w/ DJ Like New) (#266431313357)