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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100345487559

ISBN-139780345487551

eBay Product ID (ePID)71678313

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Book TitleHome Safe : a Novel

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicPsychological, Contemporary Women, Family Life, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorElizabeth Berg

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-464874

ReviewsIt's easy to understand why Elizabeth Berg is a beloved, best-selling writer. -Chicago Sun-Times Simple, beautiful, and ever so real . . . one of [Elizabeth Berg's] most honest and intimate novels. -Boston Globe Home Safe explores, with insight and humor, what it's like to lose everything and to emerge from the other side. -St. Petersburg Times [Elizabeth] Berg gracefully renders . . . the notions that every life . . . has its share of awful loss, and that even crushed, defeated hearts can be revived. -Publishers Weekly [Berg's] warmth, humor, and forgiving eye for human nature, mixing wry observation with heartwarming moments, make this a pleasant read. -Library Journal, "It's easy to understand why Elizabeth Berg is a beloved, best-selling writer."- Chicago Sun-Times "Simple, beautiful, and ever so real . . . one of [Elizabeth Berg's] most honest and intimate novels."- Boston Globe " Home Safe explores, with insight and humor, what it's like to lose everything and to emerge from the other side."- St. Petersburg Times "[Elizabeth] Berg gracefully renders . . . the notions that every life . . . has its share of awful loss, and that even crushed, defeated hearts can be revived."- Publishers Weekly "[Berg's] warmth, humor, and forgiving eye for human nature, mixing wry observation with heartwarming moments, make this a pleasant read."- Library Journal

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisIn this stunning novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames-recently widowed, coping with grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her-is beginning to depend too much on her twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Tessa, meddling in her life and offering unsolicited advice. Then Helen is shocked to discover that her mild-mannered and seemingly loyal husband was apparently leading a double life. When a phone call from a stranger sets Helen on a surprising path of discovery, both mother and daughter reassess what they thought they knew about each other, themselves, and what really makes a home and a family., In this stunning novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Amesrecently widowed, coping with grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained heris beginning to depend too much on her twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Tessa, meddling in her life and offering unsolicited advice. Then Helen is shocked to discover that her mild-mannered and seemingly loyal husband was apparently leading a double life. When a phone call from a stranger sets Helen on a surprising path of discovery, both mother and daughter reassess what they thought they knew about each other, themselves, and what really makes a home and a family.

LC Classification NumberPS3552.E6996H66

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by kamce_7432
31 Jan, 2022
Great storyteller
Highly recommend this author. Elizabeth Berg is a great story teller. I have many of her books.
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