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Find more info., search and price compare for At The Breakers: A Novel (Kentucky Voices) by Mary Ann Taylor-Hall Binding: Hardcover, 1 edition, 339 pages Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Weight: 1.37 pound Dimension: H: 1.34 x L: 8.98 x W: 6.14 inches ISBN 10: 0813125421 ISBN 13: 9780813125428 Click here to search for this book and compare price at 40+ bookstores with AddALL.com! If you cannot find this book in our new and in print search, be sure to try our used and out of print search too! |
Book Description: 'Soon or a little too lateeverything you never knewyou always wanted turns uphereat The Breakers' from the book In her new novel At The Breakers, Mary Ann Taylor Hall, author of the widely praised and beloved Come and Go, Molly Snow, presents Jo Sinclair, a longtime single mother of four children. Fleeing an abusive relationship after a shocking attack, Jo finds herself in Sea Cove, New Jersey, in front of The Breakers, a salty old hotel in the process of renovation. Impulsively, she negotiates a job painting the guest rooms and settles in with her youngest child, thirteen year old Nick. As each room is transformed under brush and roller, Jo finds a way to renovate herself, reclaiming a promising life derailed by pregnancy and a forced marriage at age fourteen. Jo's new life at the hotel features a memorable mix of locals and guests, among them Iris Zephyr, the hotel's ninety two year old permanent boarder; Charlie, a noble mixed breed dog; Marco, owner of a nearby gas station/liquor store, who may become Jo's next mistake; and enigmatic Wendy, her streetwise eighteen year old daughter, who signs on as housekeeper. Irrepressible Victor Mangold, Jo's former professor and a well known poet some twenty years her senior, invites himself to Thanksgiving dinner and into her life, his passion awakening Jo's yearning for art and love. At The Breakers is a deeply felt and beautifully written novel about forgiveness and reconciliation. In Jo's words, she is 'trying to find the right way to live' as a long suffering woman who is put through the fire and emerges with a chance at a full, rich life for herself and her children, if only she has the faith to take it. |
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