THE INSTANT BESTSELLER β’ An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrongONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Financial Times, Esquire, Newsweek, V
The Faraday Girls: A Novel
β Scribed by Monica McInerney
- Book ID
- 110695868
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 398 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307484659
- ASIN
- B001L4Z6ZS
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β¦ Synopsis
BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Monica McInerney's Lola's Secret, At Home with the Templetons, Family Baggage, The Alphabet Sisters, Greetings from Somewhere Else, and Upside Down Inside Out.
From internationally bestselling author Monica McInerney comes a captivating and charming new novel of family secrets, the loyalty of sisters, and the power of redemption.
As a child, Maggie Faraday grew up in a lively, unconventional household with her young mother, four very different aunts, and eccentric grandfather. With her mother often away, her aunts took turns looking after herβuntil, just weeks before Maggieβs sixth birthday, a shocking event changed everything.
Twenty years later, Maggie is living alone in New York City when she receives a surprise visit from her grandfather Leo, who brings a revelation and a proposition: Heβs preparing a special gift for his daughters and needs Maggieβs help. When the Faradays gather from all parts of the world to celebrate Christmas in Julyβa longstanding traditionβMaggie uncovers unexpected family history and learns that the women she thought she knew so intimately all have something to hide.
Written in McInerneyβs trademark warm, heartfelt prose, The Faraday Girls is a sweeping and affecting family saga.
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