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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Bay Public Library | FIC McDer | 33874005629141 | Adult - Fiction | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9780374610487 (hc.)
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Physical Description:
324 p. ; 22 cm.
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- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
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| General Note: | "A novel"--Cover. |
| Summary, etc.: | In Saigon in 1963, two young American wives form a ... Read More |
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| Subject: | Americans Vietnam Fiction Female friendship Fiction Military spouses Fiction Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Fiction Wives Fiction |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
Summary:
In Saigon in 1963, two young American wives form a wary alliance. Tricia is a starry-eyed newlywed, married to a rising oil engineer "on loan" to US Navy Intelligence. Charlene is a practiced corporate spouse and mother of three, a talented hostess and determined altruist, on a mission to relieve the "wretchedness" she sees all around her. When Tricia miscarries, Charlene sweeps her into a cabal of well-dressed do-gooder American wives. Armed with baskets filled with candy and toys, they descend on hospitals, orphanages, and a leper colony on the coast, determined to relieve suffering, no matter the cost. Sixty years later, Charlene's daughter reaches out to Tricia, now widowed and living in Washington. As the two relive their shared experience in Saigon, they are forced to come to terms with the ways their own lives have been shaped and stunted by Charlene's pursuit of "inconsequential good."
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