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How to read a book : a novel / Monica Wood.

Wood, Monica, (author.).

Summary:
Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher. Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest. Frank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn't yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed. When the three encounter each other one morning in a bookstore in Portland-- Violet to buy the novel she was reading in the prison book club before her release, Harriet to choose the next title for the women who remain, and Frank to dispatch his duties as the store handyman-- their lives begin to intersect in transformative ways. How to Read a Book is an unsparingly honest and profoundly hopeful story about letting go of guilt, seizing second chances, and the power of books to change our lives. With the heart, wit, grace, and depth of understanding that has characterized her work, Monica Wood illuminates the decisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063412651 (large print : paperback)
  • ISBN: 0063412659 (large print : paperback)
  • Physical Description: 455 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First Harper large print edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper Large Print, 2024.
Subject: Women ex-convicts > Fiction.
Drunk driving > Fiction.
Drinking and traffic accidents > Fiction.
Book clubs (Discussion groups) > Fiction.
Widowers > Fiction.
Books and reading > Fiction.
Portland (Me.) > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Large type books.

Available copies

  • 1 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Bethlehem Main Library f (Text) 33062009947376 New Large Print Fiction Checked Out 02/15/2025
Bethlehem South Side Branch f (Text) 33062009947111 New Large Print Fiction Available -


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