Afterlife
(Book, Book - Express)
Author
Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
Format
Book, Book - Express
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781643750255, 1643750259
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 19 cm
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Location | Format | Call Number | Status |
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Eastham Public Library - New | Book - Express | EXPRESS | On Order |
Aquinnah Public Library - Adult | Book | FICTION ALV | On Shelf |
Barnstable Sturgis Library - Adult | Book | FICTION ALV | On Shelf |
Brewster Ladies' Library - Adult | Book | FICTION ALVAREZ | On Shelf |
Chatham Eldredge Public Library - Adult | Book | Alv | On Shelf |
Location | Format | Call Number | Status |
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Dennis Public Library - Adult | Book | FICTION ALVAREZ | On Shelf |
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Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781643750255, 1643750259
Notes
Description
"A literature professor tries to rediscover who she is after the sudden death of her husband, even as a series of family and political jolts force her to ask what we owe those in crisis in our families, biological or otherwise"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack--but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words. Afterlife is a compact, nimble, and sharply droll novel. Set in this political moment of tribalism and distrust, it asks: What do we owe those in crisis in our families, including--maybe especially--members of our human family? How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? And how do we stay true to those glorious souls we have lost? -- provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Alvarez, J. (2020). Afterlife (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alvarez, Julia. 2020. Afterlife. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alvarez, Julia. Afterlife Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Alvarez, Julia. Afterlife First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
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