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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Pr
Publication date
April 4, 2006
Pages
367
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780871139344
ISBN-10
0871139340
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.15 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$23.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Angie Voorster is a diligent student, all-star swimmer, and Ivy League-bound high-school senior, but her entire world changes when she dives to the bottom of the pool during a swim meet and it becomes apparent that she was stricken with a mental illness, in a story of how families live through crisis. A first novel. 35,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
One day, Angie Voorster â diligent student, all-star swimmer, and Ivy League-bound high school senior â dives to the bottom of a pool and stays there. In that moment, everything the Voorster family believes they know about one another changes. Set in a small town in New Hampshire, Halfway House is the story of Angie's psychotic break and her family's subsequent turmoil. Each of her family members responds differently to the ongoing crisis: Her father Pieter, a professional cellist, retreats further into his music; her mother begins a destabilizing affair with a younger man; her younger brother, Luke, first pushes away from her then later drops out of college to be closer to her. Though the Voorsters manage for a time to maintain a semblance of the normalcy they had "before," it is not until Angie is finally able to fend for herself that the family is able to truly fall apart and then regather itself in a new, fundamentally changed way. With grace and precision rarely seen in a first novel, Noel guides readers through a world where love is imperfect, and where longing for an imagined ideal can both destroy one family's happiness and offer redemption.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Atlantic Monthly Pr (April 4, 2006)
9780871139344 | details & prices | 367 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $23.00
About: Angie Voorster is a diligent student and all-star swimmer, but her entire world changes when it becomes apparent that she has been stricken with a mental illness, in a story of how families live through crisis.
About: Angie Voorster is a diligent student and all-star swimmer, but her entire world changes when it becomes apparent that she has been stricken with a mental illness, in a story of how families live through crisis.
Paperback
from Grove Pr (February 28, 2007)
9780802142917 | details & prices | 384 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $13.00
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (October 8, 2008)
9781439560068 | details & prices | 384 pages | List price $22.00
About: One day, Angie VoorsterÂdiligent student, all-star swimmer and ivy-league bound high school seniorÂdives to the bottom of a pool and stays there.
About: One day, Angie VoorsterÂdiligent student, all-star swimmer and ivy-league bound high school seniorÂdives to the bottom of a pool and stays there.
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