All the Best People

Author: Yoerg, Sonja

Color: Teal/Turquoise green

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• BERKLEY

Number Of Pages: 368

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An intricately crafted story of madness, magic and misfortune across three generations from the author of The Middle of Somewhere and House Broken...   Vermont, 1972. Carole LaPorte has a satisfying, ordinary life. She cares for her children, balances the books for the family’s auto shop and laughs when her husband slow dances her across the kitchen floor. Her tragic childhood might have happened to someone else.   But now her mind is playing tricks on her. The accounts won’t reconcile and the murmuring she hears isn’t the television. She ought to seek help, but she’s terrified of being locked away in a mental hospital like her mother, Solange. So Carole hides her symptoms, withdraws from her family and unwittingly sets her eleven-year-old daughter Alison on a desperate search for meaning and power: in Tarot cards, in omens from a nearby river and in a mysterious blue glass box belonging to her grandmother.   An exploration of the power of courage and love to overcome a damning legacy, All the Best People celebrates the search for identity and grace in the most ordinary lives.   CONVERSATION GUIDE INCLUDED

Reviews:

Praise for All the Best People“Not just the best people, but real people: authentic, quirky and troubled. I cared for them all."—Chris Bohjalian, author of The Sleepwalker and The Guest Room  

“Beautifully rendered and aching in its portrayal of a mother’s slide into mental illness—destined to be a book club favorite.”—Christopher Scotton, author of The Secret Wisdom of the Earth    

“Yoerg spins the story of a family on the brink of collapse—writing with tenderness, grace, and truth.”—Randy Susan Meyers, bestselling author of Accidents of Marriage    

“A powerful and haunting novel about betrayal and shame, acceptance and unconditional love. Book clubs will devour it.”—Barbara Claypole White, bestselling author of The Perfect Son and Echoes of Family  

"A stirring tale of mothers and daughters, their secrets and their strength…a mesmerizing read."—Lynda Cohen Loigman, author of The Two-Family House  

"Gorgeously written and unforgettable, your heart will break and swell in equal measure."—Kate Moretti, New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Year"The character development is superb...A perfect selection for book clubs."—Historical Novel Society

About the Author:

Sonja Yoerg, the author of The Middle of Somewhere and House Broken, grew up in Stowe, Vermont, and earned her Ph.D. in Biological Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. Her nonfiction book about animal intelligence, Clever as a Fox, was published in 2001. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. ***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proof*** Copyright © 2017 Sonja Yoerg Chapter One Carole August 1972 Carole was ten when her mother was committed to Underhill State Hospital. For a rest, her father had said. By the time Carole was old enough to understand that the truth lay elsewhere, beyond her grasp, her mother had received insulin coma treatment for hysteria, colonics for depression, and electroshock just because, and Carole gave up wondering how her mother had lost control of her mind and simply coped with the fact that she had. Recently, Carole overhead the nurses say Solange Gifford was haunted, and although Carole did not, strictly speaking, believe in ghosts, it was as fitting a diagnosis as any. She arrived at Underhill for her weekly visit a few minutes after nine and signed the register. A vase of lilies crowded the counter, the sweet musky scent mingling with the clinical bite of disinfectant and another smell, mushroomy and dark, that existed only here. The receptionist greeted her and swiveled to face the switchboard. “I’ll have them send your mother out, Mrs. LaPorte.” “Thank you.” Carole felt her cheeks flush. She’d forgotten the woman’s name although she’d spoken with her a dozen times. “I’d like to go outside with her, if that’s all...

EAN: 9780399583490

Release Date: 02-05-2017

Languages: English

Item Note: Great shape- pages are unmarked and sharp.Has a remainder mark. Paperback Used - Very Good Ships fast! 2017

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood

Binding: Paperback