Book
Open house : a novel / Elizabeth Berg.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780375501005 (acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 9780375506031 (hc.)
- ISBN: 0375501002 (acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 0375506039 (hc.)
- Physical Description: 241 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2000.
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| Subject: | Divorced women > Fiction. Single mothers > Fiction. Loss (Psychology) > Fiction. Mothers and sons > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Love stories. |
| Topic Heading: | Divorced women - Fiction. Oprah Book Club |
Available copies
- 10 of 10 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | Berg (Text) | 33294001141332 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Struggling to come to terms with her husband's abandonment, Samantha sets out to construct a new life for herself and her eleven-year-old son, despite financial hardship, and to rediscover her own identity, which had been lost in her attempts to save hermarriage - Baker & Taylor
Struggling to come to terms with her husband's abandonment, Samantha sets out to reconstruct a new life for herself and her eleven-year-old son, despite financial hardship, and to rediscover who her own identity, which had been lost in her attempts to save her marriage. 50,000 first printing. - Blackwell North Amer
A woman re-creates her life after divorce by opening up her house and her heart. Samantha's husband has left her, and after a spree of overcharging at Tiffany's, she settles down to reconstruct a life for herself and her eleven-year-old son. Her eccentric mother tries to help by fixing her up with dates, but a more pressing problem is money. To meet her mortgage payments, Sam decides to take in boarders. The first is an older woman who offers sage advice and sorely needed comfort; the second, a maladjusted student, is not quite so helpful. A new friend, King, an untraditional man, suggests that Samantha get out, get going, get work. But her real work is this: In order to emerge from grief and the past, she has to learn how to make her own happiness. In order to really see people, she has to look within her heart. And in order to know who she is, she has to remember - and reclaim - the person she used to be, long before she became someone else in an effort to save her marriage. Open House is a love story about what can blossom between a man and a woman, and within a woman herself.
