Florence Gordon
(Book)
Author
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780544309869 (hardback), 0544309863 (hardback)
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Language
English
ISBN
9780544309869 (hardback), 0544309863 (hardback)
Notes
General Note
"A novel"--Jacket.
Description
"A wise and entertaining novel about a woman who has lived life on her own terms for seventy-five defiant and determined years, only to find herself suddenly thrust to the center of her family's various catastrophes. Meet Florence Gordon: blunt, brilliant, cantankerous and passionate, feminist icon to young women, invisible and underappreciated by most everyone else. At seventy-five, Florence has earned her right to set down the burdens of family and work and shape her legacy at long last. But just as she is beginning to write her long-deferred memoir, her son Daniel returns to New York from Seattle with his wife and daughter, and they embroil Florence in their dramas, clouding the clarity of her days with the frustrations of middle-age and the confusions of youth. And then there is her left foot, which is starting to drag. With searing wit, sophisticated intelligence, and a tender respect for humanity in all its flaws, Brian Morton introduces a constellation of unforgettable characters. Chief among them, Florence, who can humble the fools surrounding her with one barbed line, but who eventually finds there are realities even she cannot outsmart"--,Provided by publisher.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Butler Library - Adult Fiction | FIC MORTON | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Fiction | FIC MORTON | Available |
Florham Park Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION MORTON | Available |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Fiction | MORTON | Available |
Jefferson Township Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION MOR | Checked Out |
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Morton, B. (2014). Florence Gordon . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Morton, Brian, 1955-. 2014. Florence Gordon. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Morton, Brian, 1955-. Florence Gordon Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Morton, Brian. Florence Gordon Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
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