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The making of us : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451609134
- ISBN: 1451609132
- ISBN: 9781446472484
- ISBN: 1446472485
- ISBN: 9781451609110
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1 online resource - Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Intro; Dedication; Acknowledgments; 1979: Glenys; Rodney; 1998: Lydia; 2009: Lydia; Last Summer; Robyn; Now; Dean; Maggie; Robyn; Dean; Maggie; Lydia; Robyn; Dean; Maggie; Lydia; Robyn; Dean; Maggie; Lydia; Robyn; Dean; Maggie; Lydia; Robyn; Dean; Lydia; Maggie; Lydia; Dean; Maggie; Lydia; Robyn; Lydia; Daniel; Later That Day; Dean; Robyn; Maggie; Lydia; 'Watching You' Teaser; The Making of 'The Making of Us'; A Conversation with Lisa Jewell; About Lisa Jewell; Copyright |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Electronic books. Fiction. Domestic fiction. Electronic books. |
Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
As a man named Daniel slowly fades away in a London hospice, he tells his friend Maggie that he was an anonymous sperm donor who fathered four children--a revelation that unexpectedly brings together a group of strangers, in this powerful celebration of family, friendship, life and love. Original. 20,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
As a man named Daniel slowly fades away in a London hospice, he tells his friend Maggie that he was an anonymous sperm donor who fathered four children, a revelation that unexpectedly brings together a group of strangers. - Simon and Schuster
From the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes a âcompelling and heartbreakingâ (Jojo Moyes) novel about three strangers who are brought together by the father they never knew.
Lydia, Dean, and Robyn donât know one another. Yet. Each is facing difficult challenges. Lydia is still wearing the scars from her traumatic childhood. Wealthy and successful, she leads a lonely and disjointed existence. Dean is a young, unemployed, single dad whose life is going nowhere. Robyn is eighteen. Gorgeous, popular, and intelligent, she entered her first year of college confident of her dream to become a pediatrician. Now sheâs failing her classes. Now sheâs falling in love for the first time.
Lydia, Dean, and Robyn live very different lives, but each of them, independently, has always felt that something was missing. What they donât know is that a letter is about to arrive that will turn their lives upside down. It is a letter containing a secretâone that will bind them together and show them what love and family and friendship really mean.
âFilled with heart and humorâ (Kirkus Reviews), The Making of Us is a literary gem that will remind readers of the miracles that happen when we bring life into the world and share our lives with those we love.
