**From internationally bestselling author Benedict Wells, a sweeping, heartbreaking novel of friendship, memory, and the lives we never get to live** "[D]azzling storytelling...THE END OF LONELINESS is both affecting and accomplished - and eternal."**-- John Irving ** At eleven years old, Jules
The Wizard of Loneliness
โ Scribed by Nichols, John
- Book ID
- 109477044
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 257 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
"John Nichols has remarkable insight into life's crazy blend of comedy and tragedy. . . . Pure pleasure to read." --New York Times Book Review It's World War II, and young Wendall Oler has been sent to stay will his father's family in rural Stebbinsville, Vermont. Using this opportunity to act out his resentment for the death of his mother and his father's leaving to fight in the war he does all he can to tyrannize his new family. Yet, thrown into the warmth of this country family, Wendall finds his resolve softening.
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