At the Breakers Contributor(s): Taylor-Hall, Mary Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813125421 ISBN-13: 9780813125428 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - Marriage & Divorce - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2008046834 |
Series: Kentucky Voices (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.35 lbs) 352 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In her novel At The Breakers, Mary Ann Taylor-Hall presents Jo Sinclair, a longtime single mother of four children. Fleeing an abusive relationship after a shocking attack, Jo finds herself in Sea Cove, New Jersey, in front of The Breakers, a salty old hotel in the process of renovation. Impulsively, she negotiates a job painting the guest rooms and settles in with her youngest child, thirteen-year-old Nick. As each room is transformed under brush and roller, Jo finds a way to renovate herself, reclaiming a promising life derailed by pregnancy and a forced marriage at age fourteen. At The Breakers is a deeply felt and beautifully written novel about forgiveness and reconciliation. In Jo's words, she is "trying to find the right way to live" as a long-suffering woman who is put through the fire and emerges with a chance at a full, rich life for herself and her children, if only she has the faith to take it. |