Evensong : a novel / Stewart O'Nan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Nan, Stewart, 1961- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Older women--Fiction.

Older women.

Community life--Fiction.

Community life.

Women--Societies and clubs--Fiction.

Women.

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

285 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025.

Summary:

The Humpty Dumpty Club is distraught when their powerhouse leader, Joan Hargrove, takes a bad fall down her stairs, knocking her out of commission. Now, as well as running errands and shepherding those less able to their doctors' appointments, they have to pick up the slack. Between navigating their own relationships and aging bodies and attending choir practice, these invisible yet indomitable women help where they can. They bake cookies, they care for pets, they pick up prescriptions, they sit vigil by the sick, and most of all, they show up for the people they've pledged to help. In the face of death, divorce, and the myriad directions our lives can take, the Humpty Dumpty club represents the power of community and chosen family.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version O'Nan, Stewart Evensong

ISBN:

9780802166432

0802166431

OCLC:

1500584217