Above the Thunder (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400078509)

Vendor: Renee Manfredi
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Format: Paperback
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Above the Thunder

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Above the Thunder

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Format: Paperback
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A wary, middle-aged widow numbed by loss and disappointment. A preternaturally intelligent little girl who eavesdrops on the dead. A charming, sybaritic gay man torn between his love for his partner and the anarchy of his desires.These are the charged poles of Renée Manfredi's gorgeously written first novel, a book that explores the currents of tenderness, responsibility and chance that turn strangers into a family.

Anna Brinkman meets her ten-year-old granddaughter Flynn when the girl appears on her doorstep, desperate for a love more steadfast than any she has received from her parents. She meets Jack when he shows up in an AIDS support group she is running and does his best to get kicked out. What ensues in a house on the coast of Maine will be the great journey of all their lives. Filled with humor, sadness, and wisdom, Above the Thunder is a magical achievement.



Author: Renee Manfredi
ISBN-10: 1400078504
ISBN-13: 9781400078509
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2005
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.24w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 71
Booksense '76 May 2005 05/01/2005 pg. 1
By Renee Manfredi
By Renee Manfredi
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Renée Manfredi received her MFA from Indiana University, a fellowship from The National Endowment for the Arts, and was a regional winner of Granta's Best American Novelists Under 40. Her story collection, Where Love Leaves Us, won the Iowa Short Fiction award. Her short stories have been published in The Mississippi Review, The Iowa Review, The Georgia Review, and the Pushcart Prize anthology, and were featured in NPR's "Selected Shorts" series. Manfredi is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Alaska. Above the Thunder is her first novel.

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