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Afterlife : a novel, by Julia Alvarez

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  • "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."--
  • Antonia Vega 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, but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words. Now she questions: How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? -- adapted from jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
256 pages
Contents
  • All it takes
  • Air quotes
  • Cuckoos in Kyoto
  • As if
  • Harvest
  • Epilogue : Japanese repair technique
  • Prologue : Broken English
  • Here there be dragons
  • Where is Burkina Faso?
  • Rules of the sisterhood
  • To be missing is not a crime
  • Dar a luz
  • Who is the most important one?
  • Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
Isbn
9781643750255
Instance
Label
Afterlife : a novel
Title
Afterlife
Title remainder
a novel
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by Julia Alvarez
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "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."--
  • Antonia Vega 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, but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words. Now she questions: How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? -- adapted from jacket
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Alvarez, Julia
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
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  • Authors
  • Grief
  • Noncitizens
  • Responsibility
  • Widows
  • Illegal immigration
  • Noncitizens
  • Responsibility
  • Undocumented Immigrants
  • Écrivains
  • Chagrin
  • Responsabilité
  • Veuves
  • Immigration clandestine
  • Immigrants clandestins
  • FICTION
  • FICTION
  • FICTION
  • Illegal immigration
  • Authors
  • Grief
  • Noncitizens
  • Responsibility
  • Widows
  • Family members
  • Immigrants
  • Noncitizens
  • Teachers
  • Widows
  • Vermont
Label
Afterlife : a novel, by Julia Alvarez
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Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • All it takes
  • Air quotes
  • Cuckoos in Kyoto
  • As if
  • Harvest
  • Epilogue : Japanese repair technique
  • Prologue : Broken English
  • Here there be dragons
  • Where is Burkina Faso?
  • Rules of the sisterhood
  • To be missing is not a crime
  • Dar a luz
  • Who is the most important one?
  • Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
Control code
1105247946
Dimensions
19 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
256 pages
Isbn
9781643750255
Lccn
2019042436
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 100
Other control number
40030303274
System control number
(OCoLC)1105247946
Label
Afterlife : a novel, by Julia Alvarez
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • All it takes
  • Air quotes
  • Cuckoos in Kyoto
  • As if
  • Harvest
  • Epilogue : Japanese repair technique
  • Prologue : Broken English
  • Here there be dragons
  • Where is Burkina Faso?
  • Rules of the sisterhood
  • To be missing is not a crime
  • Dar a luz
  • Who is the most important one?
  • Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
Control code
1105247946
Dimensions
19 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
256 pages
Isbn
9781643750255
Lccn
2019042436
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 100
Other control number
40030303274
System control number
(OCoLC)1105247946

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