Wolf at the table : a novel
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
469 pages ; 21 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Meadville Public Library | Rapp, Adam | Checked Out | May 28, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
As late summer 1951 descends on Elmira, New York, Myra Larkin, thirteen, the oldest child of a large Catholic family, meets a young man she believes to be Mickey Mantle. He chats her up at a local diner and gives her a ride home. The matter consumes her until later that night, when a triple homicide occurs just down the street, opening a specter of violence that will haunt the Larkins for half a century.
As the siblings leave home and fan across the country, each pursues a shard of the American dream. Myra serves as a prison nurse while raising her son, Ronan. Her middle sisters, Lexy and Fiona, find themselves on opposite sides of class and power. Alec, once an altar boy, is banished from the house and drifts into oblivion. As he becomes an increasingly alienated loner, his mother begins to receive postcards full of ominous portent. What they reveal, and what they require, will shatter a family and lead to devastating reckoning.
Through one family’s pursuit of the American dream, Wolf at the Table explores our consistent proximity to violence and its effects over time. Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp writes with gorgeous acuity, cutting to the heart of each character as he reveals the devastating reality beneath the veneer of good society.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rapp, A. (2024). Wolf at the table: a novel (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rapp, Adam. 2024. Wolf At the Table: A Novel. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rapp, Adam. Wolf At the Table: A Novel Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rapp, Adam. Wolf At the Table: A Novel First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
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