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Author:	Douglas Hobbie	Format:	Hardcover
Publisher:	Henry Holt & Co	ISBN-10:	0805054928
ISBN-13:	9780805054927	Subject:	--
Publication Year:	1998	Topic:	--
Special Attributes:	--	Language:	English
Condition:	Good

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A group of middle-aged friends lead complicated love lives, and the novel ends with a shocking accident that forces the protagonist--a successful writer whose daughter has recently died--to confront his life honestly.
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Length:	324 pages
Height:	8.8 in.
Width:	5.8 in.
Thickness:	0.8 in.
Weight:	17.6 oz.

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A story of love and renewal by award-winning novelist Douglas Hobbie. Dogged by recent unhappiness, Elizabeth has fled to England for a month with her friend Lynn. Her husband, Henry, is ensconced in Elizabeth's sister's Vermont summer house struggling with a writing project he can't seem to bring under control. A year earlier, his brother-in-law, Fitz, dropped dead in the same house. His ghost is everywhere, especially so after Henry inadvertantly finds Fitz's journal stored in the computer. Assailed by images of the past, Henry retreats to the woods surrounding the house for hard physical exercise--anything to avoid the multiple agonies of writing and memory. The disruptive arrival of another summer resident further embroils Henry in "the whole Fitz thing," until his unanticipated immersion in the other man's life leads to the crucial breakthrough he's been seeking. Deftly written in several distinct voices, This Time Last Year is a novel about resolution and redemption. Wise and humorous, it offers a poignant meditation on the human condition that will echo in the reader's mind for years to come. Elizabeth Ash is on the run from her foundering marriage. With her sidekick, Lynn, she has fled to England for a month, where the cool air is a tonic and adventure might be at hand. Seeking solitude, Elizabeth's husband, Henry, has holed up in her sister's Vermont summerhouse to begin writing the book he hopes will transform his life. But Henry is more alone and less isolated than he bargained for. A year earlier his brother-in-law, Fitz, dropped dead in the same house. Fitz's ghost is everywhere, especially so after Henry inadvertently discovers Fitz's intimate life story stored in the Macintosh in the study. I want to be honest, Fitz has written, I want candor nakedness, adventure. I no longer want what I have. Everyone lives secret lives, Henry thinks, seated before the cold light of another man's computer at midnight, which is what one means by admitting that one can never really know another person. A cliche that offers comfort to the profoundly disappointed. What are we afraid of, I ask you. The surprise arrival of Helen, a summer resident who figures significantly in the dead man's diary, helps to lead Henry toward the crucial breakthrough he's been seeking. Deftly written in several distinct voices, This Time Last Year is a novel about resolution and redemption.
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"An ambitious, moving exploration of desire and loss, by a subtle, persuasive writer....Sad, precise meditations by a writer displaying remarkable precision and control." Oakes

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Product Category : Books
ISBN : 0805054928
Title : This Time Last Year
EAN : 9780805054927
Authors : Douglas Hobbie
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher : Henry Holt & Company
Publication Date : 1998-03
Pages : 324
List Price (MSRP) : 23.00
Height : 1.2000 inches
Width : 5.6000 inches
Length : 8.4000 inches
Weight : 1.0000 pounds
Keywords : Domestic Life, General, General AAS, Contemporary, Literary, Hardcover, Printed Books
Condition : Good

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