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001			on1103606179
003			OCoLC
005			20190724132519.0
008			190605t20192019nyua 000 f eng d
040			_aNjBwBT _beng _erda _cOQX _dOQX _dOCLCO _dON8 _dYDX _dBDX _dLIV _dJTH _dTCH _dUAB _dIUK _dLMJ _dOCLCO _dETC _dOCLCO _dKYC _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dYU6 _dMAC _dVLR _dNFG
019			_a1054832954
020			_a9780525576198 _q(hbk.)
020			_a0525576193 _q(hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)1103606179 _z(OCoLC)1054832954
092			_aPorter, _bRegina
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aPorter, Regina, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe travelers : _ba novel / _cRegina Porter.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bHogarth, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, _c[2019]
264		4	_c©2019
300			_a309 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aMeet James Samuel Vincent - an affluent Manhattan attorney who shirks his modest Irish American background but hews to his father's philandering ways. James muddles through a topsy-turvy relationship with his son, Rufus, which is further complicated when Rufus marries Claudia Christie. Claudia's mother - Agnes Miller Christie - is a beautiful African American woman who survives a chance encounter on a Georgia road that propels her into a new life in the Bronx. Soon after, her husband, Eddie Christie, is called to duty on an aircraft carrier in Vietnam, where Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead becomes his life anchor as he grapples with mounting racial tensions on the ship and counts the days until he will see Agnes again. These unforgettable characters' lives intersect with a cast of lovers and friends: the unapologetic black lesbian who finds her groove in 1970s Berlin; a moving man stranded in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during a Thanksgiving storm; two half brothers who meet as adults in a crayon factory; and a Coney Island waitress whose Prince Charming is too good to be true. Written with piercing humor, exacting dialogue, and a beautiful sense of place, Regina Porter's debut is both an intimate family portrait and a sweeping exploration of what it means to be American today.
650		0	_aInterpersonal relations _vFiction.
650		0	_aAfrican American families _vFiction.
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c295964 _d295964