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Sketches an intimate portrait of a family and its emotional struggle to come to terms with the death of matriarch Louise Cooper.
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The vivid and emotionally powerful story of a family in crisis. "Leavitt is able to demonstrate his . . . talent for empathy, his ability to write persuasively about highly emotional issues."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
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Leavitt's assured and convincing second novel, after The Lost Language of Cranes , follows the four members of the Cooper family through the mother's illness and death. Louise has lived with lymphatic cancer for a long time, all through Danny and April's growing-up years in northern California; now April's successful singing career has made her a feminist leader, and Danny practices law in New York. While focusing primarily on Danny and the impact of his family connections on his long-term relationship with Walt, another lawyer with whom he lives in New Jersey, Leavitt gives rounded, affectionate treatment to the others as well: Louise, whose bitter present includes cherished secrets of a wild past; Nat, who finds solace for dashed dreams with his mistress; April, whose bisexuality is at odds with her feminism; and even Walt, who scours the gay computer networks and thinks about leaving Danny. In understated, perfectly targeted prose, Leavitt illuminates the ordinariness of his characters, giving them and their sorrows and joys a long-lasting afterglow. 50,000 first printing; author tour.
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- PublisherHarperTrade
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0140122869
- ISBN 13 9780140122862
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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Equal Affections A Novel
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint; Second Printing. Minor shelf wear, sticker ghost to rear cover. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; 288 pages; Louise Cooper has had cacer for over fiteen years. Through the eyes of Danny, her homosexual lawyer son, the frustration and passion of Louise's difficult yet simple life is unfolded. Her marriage is disintegrating. Her children haved moved away, Danny to live with his lover, Walter; and her lesbian folk-singer daughter, April, to a life of travel. But as she accepts that her own life is coming to an end, Louise suffers a crisis of faith. Mass Market PB. Seller Inventory # 27318
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint; Second Printing. Minor shelf wear. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; 288 pages; Louise Cooper has had cacer for over fiteen years. Through the eyes of Danny, her homosexual lawyer son, the frustration and passion of Louise's difficult yet simple life is unfolded. Her marriage is disintegrating. Her children haved moved away, Danny to live with his lover, Walter; and her lesbian folk-singer daughter, April, to a life of travel. But as she accepts that her own life is coming to an end, Louise suffers a crisis of faith. Mass Market PB. Seller Inventory # 27838
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint; Second Printing. Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; 288 pages; Louise Cooper has had cacer for over fiteen years. Through the eyes of Danny, her homosexual lawyer son, the frustration and passion of Louise's difficult yet simple life is unfolded. Her marriage is disintegrating. Her children haved moved away, Danny to live with his lover, Walter; and her lesbian folk-singer daughter, April, to a life of travel. But as she accepts that her own life is coming to an end, Louise suffers a crisis of faith. Mass Market PB. Seller Inventory # 25264
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