The Burgess Boys : A Novel
-- The New Yorker Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown of Shirley Falls for New York City as soon as they possibly could. Jim, a sleek, successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother their whole lives, and Bob, a Legal Aid attorney who idolizes Jim, has always taken it in stride. But their long-standing dynamic is upended when their sister, Susan'the Burgess sibling who stayed behind'urgently calls them home. Her lonely teenage son, Zach, has gotten himself into a world of trouble, and Susan desperately needs their help. And so the Burgess brothers return to the landscape of their childhood, where the long-buried tensions that have shaped and shadowed their relationship begin to surface in unexpected ways that will change them forever. With a rare combination of brilliant storytelling, exquisite prose, and remarkable insight into character, Elizabeth Strout has brought to life two deeply human protagonists whose struggles and triumphs will resonate with readers long after they turn the final page. Tender, tough-minded, loving, and deeply illuminating about the ties that bind us to family and home, -- ' -- ' -- Abide with Me -- American Pastoral '(Strout's) extraordinary narrative gifts are evident again. . . . At times (The Burgess Boys '(Strout) is at her masterful best when conjuring the two Burgess boys. . . . Scenes between them ring so true.''San Francisco Chronicle From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- ISBN: 9780812984613
- Physical Description 1 online resource 352 pages
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : Random House Publishing Group, 2013.
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