| All I've Done For You Contributor(s): Greenberg, Joanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1535610085 ISBN-13: 9781535610087 Publisher: McMania Publishing OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 8" (0.53 lbs) 238 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lily Higgins Beausoleil, respected mother, grandmother, bank employee and upstanding citizen of bucolic Gold Flume, has passed. A suicide no one will mention. Now the grieving family and town is turned upside down as her secret life is slowly uncovered. Joanne Greenberg, renowned author of the classic, I Never promised You a Rose Garden, spins an intriguing tale of family, betrayal, false appearances, and a stained family legacy in this, her 20th novel. All I Have Done For You is told from the perspective of Lily's ghost as she watches her family and town struggle through her betrayal, the false veneers, and finally, the ultimate truth. |
Contributor Bio(s): Greenberg, Joanne: - Joanne Greenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York and was graduated from American University, Washington, D.C., with a major in anthropology and English literature. She also studied at the University of London and the University of Colorado. In 1955, she married Albert Greenberg, who encouraged her to write her first book, THE KING'S PERSONS, an account of the York Massacre. This has been followed by 15 novels and four collections of short stories. Her most famous work is the classic I Never Promised You A Rose Garden which was adapted into a 1977 movie and a 2004 play of the same name. Her book, In This Sign, was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie called Love Is Never Silent. She received the Harry and Ethel Daroff Memorial Fiction Award as well as the Jewish Book Council of America award in 1963 for her novel The King's Persons, which was about the massacre of the Jewish population of York at York Castle in 1190. Joanne and Albert live in a mountain top home near Lookout Mountain, Colorado |