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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Publication date
October 1, 2001
Pages
436
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Large print
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375431319
ISBN-10
0375431314
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.60 lbs.
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Original list price
$25.00
Other format details
large print
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
After being diagnosed at nineteen with tuberculosis in 1919, a young woman is sent to a sanitarium, where she rediscovers the pleasures of unfettered youth and falls in love with a doomed man. (General Fiction)
Amazon.com description: Product Description: From the author of While I Was Gone, a magnificent new novel that showcases Sue Miller's singular talent for exposing the nerves that lie hidden in marriages, families, and the lives of women.
Maine, 1919. Georgia Rice, who has cared fro her father and two siblings since her mother's death, is diagnosed, at 19, with tuberculosis and sent away to a sanitarium. Freed from the burdens of caretaking, she discovers a nearly lost world of youth and possibility, and meets the doomed young man who will become her lover.
Vermont, the present. On the heels of a divorce, Catherine Hubbard, Georgia's granddaughter, takes up residence in Georgia's old house. Sorting through her own affairs, Catherine stumbles upon the true story of Georgia's life and marriage, and the misunderstanding upon which she build a lifelong love.
In the stories of these two womenâlinked by bitter disappointments, compromist, and powerful graceâSue Miller offers us a novel of astonishing richness and emotional depth. The World Below captures the shadowy half-truths of the visible world, and the beauty and sorrow submerged beneath the surfaces of our livesâthe lost world of the past, our lost hopes for the future. An extraordinary novel from one of our finest storytellers.
Maine, 1919. Georgia Rice, who has cared fro her father and two siblings since her mother's death, is diagnosed, at 19, with tuberculosis and sent away to a sanitarium. Freed from the burdens of caretaking, she discovers a nearly lost world of youth and possibility, and meets the doomed young man who will become her lover.
Vermont, the present. On the heels of a divorce, Catherine Hubbard, Georgia's granddaughter, takes up residence in Georgia's old house. Sorting through her own affairs, Catherine stumbles upon the true story of Georgia's life and marriage, and the misunderstanding upon which she build a lifelong love.
In the stories of these two womenâlinked by bitter disappointments, compromist, and powerful graceâSue Miller offers us a novel of astonishing richness and emotional depth. The World Below captures the shadowy half-truths of the visible world, and the beauty and sorrow submerged beneath the surfaces of our livesâthe lost world of the past, our lost hopes for the future. An extraordinary novel from one of our finest storytellers.
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Hardcover
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Large print edition from Random House Large Print (October 1, 2001)
9780375431319 | details & prices | 436 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $25.00
About: After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1919, a young woman is sent to a sanitarium, where where rediscovers the pleasures of unfettered youth and falls in love with a doomed man.
About: After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1919, a young woman is sent to a sanitarium, where where rediscovers the pleasures of unfettered youth and falls in love with a doomed man.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Ballantine Books (August 1, 2002)
9780345440761 | details & prices | 275 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.00
About: After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1919, a young woman is sent to a sanitarium, where she rediscovers the pleasures of unfettered youth and falls in love with a doomed man.
About: After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1919, a young woman is sent to a sanitarium, where she rediscovers the pleasures of unfettered youth and falls in love with a doomed man.
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