| A Special Providence Contributor(s): Yates, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307455955 ISBN-13: 9780307455956 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Yates's second novel follows a young man, Robert Prentice, and his mother Alice, a sculptor. With haunting clarity, Yates crafts an unforgettable portrait of two people who cannot help but hope for more even as life challenges them both. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008042477 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.24" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Robert Prentice has spent all his life attempting to escape his mother's stifling presence. His mother, Alice, for her part, struggles with her own demons as she attempts to realize her dreams of prosperity and success as a sculptor. As Robert goes off to fight in Europe, hoping to become his own man, Richard Yates portrays a soldier in the depths of war striving to live up to his heroic ideals. With haunting clarity, Yates crafts an unforgettable portrait of two people who cannot help but hope for more even as life challenges them both. |