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A calling for Charlie Barnes : a novel / Joshua Ferris.
Someone is telling the story of the life of Charlie Barnes, and it doesn't appear to be going well. Too often divorced, discontent with life's compromises and in a house he hates, this lifelong schemer and eternal romantic would like out of his present circumstances and into the American dream. But when the twin calamities of the Great Recession and a cancer scare come along to compound his troubles, his dreams dwindle further, and an infinite past full of forking paths quickly tapers to a black dot. Then, against all odds, something goes right for a change: Charlie is granted a second act. With help from his storyteller son, he surveys the facts of his life and finds his true calling where he least expects it--in a sacrifice that redounds with selflessness and love--at last becoming the man his son always knew he could be. A Calling for Charlie Barnes is a profound and tender portrait of a man whose desperate need to be loved is his downfall, and a brutally funny account of how that love is ultimately earned.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316333535
- ISBN: 0316333530
- Physical Description: 342 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
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| Genre: | Novels. Domestic fiction. |
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- 20 of 20 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Abington Community Library | FICTION FERRIS (Text) | 50687011745471 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION FERRIS (Text) | 50686016099165 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Carbondale Public Library | FICTION FERRIS (Text) | 50688010814169 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Coudersport Public Library | FIC FER (Text)
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30183000959757 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Degenstein Community Library | FIC FERRIS (Text) | 35031301183890 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Gettysburg Library | FIC FERRIS JOSHUA (Text) | 35740635773088 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Ferris (Text) | 39427103608808 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kutztown Community Library | FER (Text) | 33249024640595 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Lower Macungie Library | FIC FER (Text) | 33400001532848 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults FER Fiction (Text) | 33454005840251 | Reading Room Balcony | Available | - |
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