One True Thing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780812976182)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "hypnotically interesting" (The Washington Post Book World) novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Miller's Valley

"[Anna Quindlen] writes passionately . . . painstakingly uncovering all the intensity, suspicion and primitive love that bonds mothers and daughters."--The Boston Globe

Ellen Gulden is enjoying her career as a successful magazine writer in New York City when she learns that her mother, Kate, is dying of cancer. Ellen's father insists that she quit her job and return home to become a caregiver. A high-powered career woman, Ellen has never felt she had much in common with her mother, a homemaker and the heart of their family. Yet as Ellen begins to spend time with Kate, she discovers many surprising truths, not only about herself, but also about the woman she thought she knew so well.

Later, when Ellen is accused of the mercy killing of her mother, she must not only defend her own life but make a difficult choice--either accept responsibility for an act she did not commit or divulge the name of the person she believes committed a painful act of love.

Author: Anna Quindlen
ISBN-10: 0812976185
ISBN-13: 9780812976182
Publisher: Random House Trade
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2006
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.28w x 0.70d