The Resource Improvement : a novel, Joan Silber
Improvement : a novel, Joan Silber
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The item Improvement : a novel, Joan Silber represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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The item Improvement : a novel, Joan Silber represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- One of our most gifted writers of fiction returns with a bold and piercing novel about a young single mother living in New York, her eccentric aunt, and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them. Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet as she visits him throughout his three-month stint at Riker's Island, their bond grows tighter. Kiki, now settled in the East Village after a journey that took her to Turkey and around the world, admires her niece's spirit but worries that she always picks the wrong man. Little does she know that the otherwise honorable Boyd is pulling Reyna into a cigarette-smuggling scheme, across state lines, where he could risk violating probation. When Reyna ultimately decides to remove herself for the sake of her four-year-0old child, her small act of resistance sets into motion a tapestry of events that affect the lives of loved ones and strangers all around them. A novel that examines conviction, connection, and the possibility of generosity in the face of loss, Improvement is as intricately woven together as Kiki's beloved Turkish rugs, as colorful as the tattoos decorating Reyna's body, with narrative twists as surpsiing and unexpected as the lives all around us. The Boston Globe says of Joan Silber: "No other writer can make a few small decisions ripple across the globe, and across time, with more subtlety and power." Improvement is Silber's most shining achievement yet. --
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Improvement : a novel
- Title
- Improvement
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Joan Silber
- Subject
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- Aunts
- Aunts -- Fiction
- Contrebande -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Ex-convicts
- Ex-convicts -- Fiction
- Ex-détenus -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- FICTION -- Coming of Age
- FICTION -- Urban
- Fiction
- Fiction
- Mères de famille monoparentale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Novels
- Novels
- Prisoners -- Fiction
- Romans
- 18.06 Anglo-American literature
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction
- Single mothers
- Single mothers -- Fiction
- Smuggling
- Smuggling -- Fiction
- Tantes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- novels
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Actualisation de soi chez la femme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- One of our most gifted writers of fiction returns with a bold and piercing novel about a young single mother living in New York, her eccentric aunt, and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them. Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet as she visits him throughout his three-month stint at Riker's Island, their bond grows tighter. Kiki, now settled in the East Village after a journey that took her to Turkey and around the world, admires her niece's spirit but worries that she always picks the wrong man. Little does she know that the otherwise honorable Boyd is pulling Reyna into a cigarette-smuggling scheme, across state lines, where he could risk violating probation. When Reyna ultimately decides to remove herself for the sake of her four-year-0old child, her small act of resistance sets into motion a tapestry of events that affect the lives of loved ones and strangers all around them. A novel that examines conviction, connection, and the possibility of generosity in the face of loss, Improvement is as intricately woven together as Kiki's beloved Turkish rugs, as colorful as the tattoos decorating Reyna's body, with narrative twists as surpsiing and unexpected as the lives all around us. The Boston Globe says of Joan Silber: "No other writer can make a few small decisions ripple across the globe, and across time, with more subtlety and power." Improvement is Silber's most shining achievement yet. --
- Assigning source
- From dust jacket
- Awards note
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2017
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Silber, Joan
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Single mothers
- Aunts
- Ex-convicts
- Smuggling
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Prisoners
- Mères de famille monoparentale
- Tantes
- Ex-détenus
- Contrebande
- Actualisation de soi chez la femme
- 18.06 Anglo-American literature
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Smuggling
- Single mothers
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Aunts
- Ex-convicts
- Label
- Improvement : a novel, Joan Silber
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 973324062
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 227 pages
- Isbn
- 9781619029606
- Lccn
- 2017025010
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
- System control number
- (OCoLC)973324062
- Label
- Improvement : a novel, Joan Silber
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 973324062
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 227 pages
- Isbn
- 9781619029606
- Lccn
- 2017025010
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
- System control number
- (OCoLC)973324062
Subject
- Aunts
- Aunts -- Fiction
- Contrebande -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Ex-convicts
- Ex-convicts -- Fiction
- Ex-détenus -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- FICTION -- Coming of Age
- FICTION -- Urban
- Fiction
- Fiction
- Mères de famille monoparentale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Novels
- Novels
- Prisoners -- Fiction
- Romans
- 18.06 Anglo-American literature
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction
- Single mothers
- Single mothers -- Fiction
- Smuggling
- Smuggling -- Fiction
- Tantes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- novels
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
- Actualisation de soi chez la femme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
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