A Good Hard Look - Ann Napolitano

A Good Hard Look

By Ann Napolitano

  • Release Date: 2011-07-07
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
4 Score: 4 (From 206 Ratings)

Description

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful and Dear Edward, a novel set in Flannery O'Connor's hometown of Milledgeville, and a tragedy that forever alters the town and the author herself

"A wholly believable world shaped by duty, small pleasures, and fateful choices."—O, The Oprah Magazine


Forced by illness to leave behind a successful life in New York, literary icon Flannery O'Connor has returned to her family farm in the small town of Milledgeville, Georgia. With her health and time both limited, all she wants is to be left alone to write.

But Flannery's plans are soon upended by Melvin Whiteson, a banker from Manhattan who has recently married the town belle. Melvin is at loose ends with his new life; though he has every opportunity, he's not sure where to begin. Flannery knows exactly what she wants, but is running out of time. Through their unusual and clandestine friendship, both will come to reflect on the decisions they have made and the paths they have chosen.

Literary history and fiction gracefully intersect in this emotionally charged novel of small town Southern life, which asks us all to consider how we can live our lives to the fullest.

Reviews

  • A Good Hard Look

    5
    By penarth wales
    Loved this book - a page-turner - Can't wait ti discuss it at our book group...
  • Seaside girl

    5
    By Seaside ASAP
    I loved this book. I read it the first time for pleasure and liked it so much that I recommended it to the two book clubs to which I belong. Then I read it a second time so that I could lead a discussion of the book. I enjoyed it the second time perhaps even more than the first.
  • A Good Hard Look

    5
    By Napkak
    This is the perfect summer (spring, winter or fall). It begins slowly in keeping with the tempo of the smallSouthern town where it is set. But be prepared for an amazing jolt as the story unfolds. A marvelous book! It is on Oprah's summer reading list as well as July Indie Next List pick.

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