Quindlen, Anna
Miller's Valley a novel Print Anna Quindlen. - First edition. - New York Random House 2016 - 257 pages 25 cm Hardback book
For generations the Millers have lived in Miller's Valley, Pennsylvania. Mimi Miller tells about her life with intimacy and honesty. As Mimi eavesdrops on her parents and quietly observes the people around her, she discovers more and more about the toxicity of family secrets, the dangers of gossip, the flaws of marriage, the inequalities of friendship, and the risks of passion, loyalty, and love. Home, as Mimi begins to realize, can be "a place where it's just as easy to feel lost as it is to feel content." Miller's Valley is a study of family, memory, loss, and, ultimately, discovery, of finding true identity and a new vision of home. As Mimi says, "No one ever leaves the town where they grew up, even if they go."
9780812996081 (acid-free paper) 0812996089 (acid-free paper)
2015025157
Girls
Place attachment
Family farms
Farm life
Eminent domain
Family secrets
Families.
Small cities.
Pennsylvania
Qui 2
Miller's Valley a novel Print Anna Quindlen. - First edition. - New York Random House 2016 - 257 pages 25 cm Hardback book
For generations the Millers have lived in Miller's Valley, Pennsylvania. Mimi Miller tells about her life with intimacy and honesty. As Mimi eavesdrops on her parents and quietly observes the people around her, she discovers more and more about the toxicity of family secrets, the dangers of gossip, the flaws of marriage, the inequalities of friendship, and the risks of passion, loyalty, and love. Home, as Mimi begins to realize, can be "a place where it's just as easy to feel lost as it is to feel content." Miller's Valley is a study of family, memory, loss, and, ultimately, discovery, of finding true identity and a new vision of home. As Mimi says, "No one ever leaves the town where they grew up, even if they go."
9780812996081 (acid-free paper) 0812996089 (acid-free paper)
2015025157
Girls
Place attachment
Family farms
Farm life
Eminent domain
Family secrets
Families.
Small cities.
Pennsylvania
Qui 2