Life after life: a novel
(Book)
In this novel the author illuminates the possibilities of second chances, hope, and rediscovering life right up to the very end. We are taken on a journey through time and memory. She has conjured up an entire community that reminds all of us that grace and magic can, and do, appear when we least expect it. The residents, staff, and neighbors of the Pine Haven retirement center (from twelve-year-old Abby to eighty-five-year-old Sadie) share some of life's most profound discoveries. What they eventually learn about themselves and one another will transform them all. They include some of the most true-to-life characters that you are ever likely to meet in fiction. There is retired third-grade teacher Sadie Randolph, who has taught every child in town and believes we are all eight years old in our hearts; Stanley Stone, a prominent lawyer, now feigning dementia to escape life with his son; Marge Walker, the town's self-appointed conveyor of social status, who keeps a scrapbook of every local murder and heinous crime; Rachel Silverman, recently widowed, whose decision to leave her Massachusetts home and settle at Pine Haven is a puzzle to everyone but her; C.J., the pierced and tattooed young mother who runs the beauty shop; and Joanna Lamb, the hospice volunteer who discovers that her path to a good life lies in helping people achieve good deaths. As each character begins to connect with another, the mysteries and consequences of their lives are revealed.
Notes
McCorkle, J. (2013). Life after life: a novel. 1st pbk. ed. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)McCorkle, Jill, 1958-. 2013. Life After Life: A Novel. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)McCorkle, Jill, 1958-, Life After Life: A Novel. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)McCorkle, Jill. Life After Life: A Novel. 1st pbk. ed. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013.
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