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The narrow land / Christine Dwyer Hickey.
Van Pelt Library PR6058.I247 N37 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hickey, Christine Dwyer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hopper, Jo N. (Josephine Nivison), 1883-1968.
- Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967.
- American Dream.
- Cape Cod (Mass.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Cape Cod (Mass.).
- Massachusetts--Cape Cod.
- Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967--Fiction.
- Hopper, Edward.
- Hopper, Jo N. (Josephine Nivison), 1883-1968--Fiction.
- Hopper, Jo N.
- Nineteen fifties--Fiction.
- Nineteen fifties.
- American Dream--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- History.
- Historical fiction.
- Biographical fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 370 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Atlantic Books, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd., 2019.
- Summary:
- 1950: late summer season on Cape Cod. Michael, a ten-year-old boy, is spending the summer with Richie and his glamorous but troubled mother. Left to their own devices, the boys meet a couple living nearby - the artists Jo and Edward Hopper - and an unlikely friendship is forged. She, volatile, passionate and often irrational, suffers bouts of obsessive sexual jealousy. He, withdrawn and unwell, depressed by his inability to work, becomes besotted by Richie's frail and beautiful Aunt Katherine who has not long to live - an infatuation he shares with young Michael. A novel of loneliness and regret, the legacy of World War II and the ever-changing concept of the American Dream.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781786496713
- 1786496712
- 9781786496720
- 1786496720
- OCLC:
- 1086581081
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