Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine: A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Family Life
Cover of the book Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine: A Novel by Ann Hood, W. W. Norton & Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Ann Hood ISBN: 9780393068740
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: May 17, 2008
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Ann Hood
ISBN: 9780393068740
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: May 17, 2008
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

"Brilliant....[The Vietnam era] is vividly captured by Ann Hood."—New York Times Book Review

In 1969, as Peter, Paul and Mary croon on the radio and poster paints are splashing the latest antiwar slogans, three friends find love. Suzanne, a poet, lives in a Maine beach house awaiting the birth of a child she will call Sparrow. Claudia, who weds a farmer during college, plans to raise three strong sons. Elizabeth and her husband marry, organize protests, and try to rear two children with their hippy values. By 1985, things have changed: Suzanne, now with an MBA, calls Sparrow "Susan." Claudia spirals backward into her sixties world—and into madness. And Elizabeth, fatally ill, watches despairingly as her children yearn for a split-level house and a gleaming station wagon. Reading group guide included.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"Brilliant....[The Vietnam era] is vividly captured by Ann Hood."—New York Times Book Review

In 1969, as Peter, Paul and Mary croon on the radio and poster paints are splashing the latest antiwar slogans, three friends find love. Suzanne, a poet, lives in a Maine beach house awaiting the birth of a child she will call Sparrow. Claudia, who weds a farmer during college, plans to raise three strong sons. Elizabeth and her husband marry, organize protests, and try to rear two children with their hippy values. By 1985, things have changed: Suzanne, now with an MBA, calls Sparrow "Susan." Claudia spirals backward into her sixties world—and into madness. And Elizabeth, fatally ill, watches despairingly as her children yearn for a split-level house and a gleaming station wagon. Reading group guide included.

More books from W. W. Norton & Company

Cover of the book Mexican Hat: A Kevin Kerney Novel (Kevin Kerney Novels) by Ann Hood
Cover of the book After Cancer: A Guide to Your New Life by Ann Hood
Cover of the book The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family by Ann Hood
Cover of the book The Painter from Shanghai: A Novel by Ann Hood
Cover of the book Jane Addams: Spirit in Action by Ann Hood
Cover of the book Wonderland: Poems by Ann Hood
Cover of the book Square Inch Hours: Poems by Ann Hood
Cover of the book The Unquiet Earth: A Novel by Ann Hood
Cover of the book Grace Notes: A Novel by Ann Hood
Cover of the book Next: The Future Just Happened by Ann Hood
Cover of the book Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World (Norton Global Ethics Series) by Ann Hood
Cover of the book The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest by Ann Hood
Cover of the book Superiority Burger Cookbook: The Vegetarian Hamburger Is Now Delicious by Ann Hood
Cover of the book Anthill: A Novel by Ann Hood
Cover of the book Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South (Revised Edition) by Ann Hood
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy