The dearly beloved :a novel

by
Wall, Cara. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Subjects
SpousesFiction.(DLC)sh2008111497
FriendshipFiction.(DLC)sh2008103509
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Publisher and Date
New York :Simon & Schuster,2019.
©2019
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781982104528.
;
198210452X.
;
9781982136277.
Call Number
FICTION
Geographic Area Code
n-us-ny
Description
342 pages ;22 cm
System Control Number
(OCoLC)1083181414
Summary"Set in the years 1950-1970 in a changing America and London, follow[s] two married couples - ministers and academics - whose intricate bonds of faith and friendship, jealousy and understanding, are tested by the birth of an autistic child"--Provided by publisher.
SummaryCharles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet in Greenwich Village in 1963 when Charles and James are jointly hired to steward the historic Third Presbyterian Church through turbulent times. Their personal differences however, threaten to tear them apart. Charles is destined to succeed his father as an esteemed professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about faith leads him to ministry. How can he fall in love with Lily after she tells him with certainty that she will never believe in God? James, the youngest son in a Chicago family, spent much of his youth angry at his alcoholic father and avoiding his anxious mother. Nan grew up in Mississippi, the devout and beloved daughter of a minister and a debutante. Despite his skepticism of hope in all its forms, her gentle, constant faith changes the course of his life. -- adapted from jacket.
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