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This stunning novel introduces Susan Lindley, a woman adrift after her husband's death. Suddenly gifted her great uncle's Pasadena mansion, Susan decides to restore his extensive collection of preserved animals, tending to "the fur and feathers, the beaks, the bones and shimmering tails." Meanwhile, a menagerie of uniquely damaged humans—including a cheating husband and a chorus of eccentric elderly women—joins her in residence. Funny and heartbreaking, Magnificence is the story of a woman emerging from the sudden dissolution of her family. Millet's trademark themes (including evolution and extinction, children and parenthood, loss and wonder) produce a rapturous final act to the critically acclaimed cycle of novels that began with How the Dead Dream.
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Summary
Summary
Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award
A 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction
A 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Fiction
A 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book for Fiction
A 2012 Barnes & Noble Best Book for Fiction
Selected for the November 2012 Indie Next List
A 2012 Publishers Weekly Best Book for Fiction
A Kirkus Reviews “New and Notable Title”, November 2012
This stunning novel introduces Susan Lindley, a woman adrift after her husband's death. Suddenly gifted her great uncle's Pasadena mansion, Susan decides to restore his extensive collection of preserved animals, tending to "the fur and feathers, the beaks, the bones and shimmering tails." Meanwhile, a menagerie of uniquely damaged humans—including a cheating husband and a chorus of eccentric elderly women—joins her in residence. Funny and heartbreaking, Magnificence is the story of a woman emerging from the sudden dissolution of her family.
Millet's trademark themes (including evolution and extinction, children and parenthood, loss and wonder) produce a rapturous final act to the critically acclaimed cycle of novels that began with How the Dead Dream.
Details
Details
Available Formats : | Digital Download |
Category: | Fiction |
Runtime: | 6.85 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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