On Bernadine Brownβs fifty-second birthday she received an unexpected gift -- she caught her husband, Leo, cheating on her. She was hurt and angry, but rather than cry and scream, she hired herself a top-notch lawyer and ended up with a cool $275 million. Now Bernadine needs a purpose, and that turn
The Blessings
β Scribed by Juska, Elise
- Book ID
- 107750509
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781455574018
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β¦ Synopsis
When John Blessing dies and leaves behind two small children, the loss reverberates across his extended family for years to come. His young widow, Lauren, finds solace in her large clan of in-laws, while his brother's wife Kate pursues motherhood even at the expense of her marriage. John's teenage nephew Stephen finds himself involved in an act of petty theft that takes a surprising turn, and nephew Alex, a gifted student, travels to Spain and considers the world beyond his family's Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood. Through departures and arrivals, weddings and reunions, THE BLESSINGS __ reveals the interior worlds of the members of a close-knit Irish-Catholic family and the rituals that unite them.
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