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003			OCoLC
005			20221013133129.0
008			220108t20222022nyu e 000 1 eng d
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019			_a1291267866 _a1291288582
020			_a9780062971272 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0062971271 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1291310812 _z(OCoLC)1291267866 _z(OCoLC)1291288582
092			_aMCCRACKE _bELIZABET
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMcCracken, Elizabeth, _eauthor. _9121854
245	1	4	_aThe hero of this book : _ba novel / _cElizabeth McCracken.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022.
300			_a177 pages ; _c20 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Ten months after her mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book takes a trip to London. The city was a favorite of her mother's, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself reflecting on her mother's life and their relationship. Thoughts of the past meld with questions of the future: Back in New England, the family home is now up for sale, its considerable contents already winnowed. The narrator, a writer, recalls all that made her complicated mother extraordinary--her brilliant wit, her generosity, her unbelievable obstinacy, her sheer will in seizing life despite physical difficulties--and finds herself wondering how her mother had endured. Even though she wants to respect her mother's nearly pathological sense of privacy, the woman must come to terms with whether making a chronicle of this remarkable life constitutes an act of love or betrayal. The Hero of This Book is a searing examination of grief and renewal, and of a deeply felt relationship between a child and her parents. What begins as a question of filial devotion ultimately becomes a lesson in what it means to write. At once comic and heartbreaking, with prose that delights at every turn, this is a novel of such piercing love and tenderness that we are reminded that art is what remains when all else falls away"--Dust jacket flap.
650		0	_aMother and child _vFiction. _9338
650		0	_aParents _xDeath _vFiction. _954333
651		0	_aLondon (England) _vFiction. _94168
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _93574
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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