Belva Plain
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The son of an Irish immigrant mother and a Jewish peddler father, Adam Arnring grows up in turn-of-the-century America determined to shape his own destiny and builds what is to become one of the country's great retail companies.
2) Looking back
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Cecile, Norma, and Amanda are three women who "met in school and have been inseparable ever since. ... Then something unexpected happens that forever alters their long, complicated friendship. ... And in the months that follow, each of them will look at their families, their lives--and one another--differently."--Jacket.
3) Homecoming
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
On a property in New York State, Annette Byrne, 85, organizes a reunion to bring peace to her warring family. They include two sons who are involved in a court case and do not speak to each other, a granddaughter whose inter-faith marriage is on the skids and another granddaughter who is divorcing.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Though Iris Stern considers herself a modern woman, with a successful academic career and a happy marriage, she still holds steadfast to her old-fashioned sensibilities. But as the mother of three adult children, each with their own lives and burdens to bear, she often finds those sensibilities called into question when confronted with the choices her children have made.
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