Afterlife / a novel by Julia Alvarez.
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- 1 of 8 copies available at Sage Library System.
Current holds
1 current hold with 8 total copies.
Summary:
Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--her favorite authors' lines play in her head like a soundtrack--but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words.... from book jacket.| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Age Hold Protection | Active/Create Date | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Memorial Library - La Grande | F Alvarez, J (Text) | 35178001805954 | New Adult Fiction | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 06/09/2020 | Checked out | 08/17/2020 |
| Enterprise Public Library | FIC Alvarez (Text) | 30001000318487 | Adult Fiction | Book | None | 07/17/2020 | Checked out | 08/21/2020 |
| Harney County Library | FIC ALVAR (Text) | 37720000600759 | New Adult Display | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 07/22/2020 | Checked out | 08/19/2020 |
| Hood River County Library | FIC ALVAREZ (Text) | 33892100682542 | Adult New Books | Book | None | 05/27/2020 | Checked out | 08/12/2020 |
| Lake County Main Library - Lakeview | FIC ALVAREZ (Text) | 37620000947004 | New Adult | Book | System_Only_3months | 06/19/2020 | Checked out | 08/18/2020 |
| Ontario Community Library | ALVAREZ, Julia (Text) | 33330004519908 | New Book Display | Book | Branch_Only_6months | 06/30/2020 | Available | - |
| Southern Wasco County Library | ALVA (Text) | 33892006337068 | FICTION | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 04/29/2020 | In transit | - |
| The Dalles Wasco County Library | ALVAR (Text) | 33892006585583 | NEW BOOKS | New/High Demand | None | 06/12/2020 | Checked out | 08/25/2020 |
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643750255
- ISBN: 1643750259
- Physical Description: 256 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : broken English -- Here there be dragons -- Where is Burkina Faso? -- Rules of sisterhood -- To be missing is not a crime -- Bar a luz -- Who is the most important one? -- Objects in mirror are closer than they appear -- All it takes -- Air quotes -- Cuckoos in Kyoto -- As if -- Harvest -- Epilogue : Japanese repair technique |
| Summary, etc.: | Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--her favorite authors' lines play in her head like a soundtrack--but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words.... from book jacket. |
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| Subject: | Literature teachers > Fiction. College teachers > Fiction. Retirees > Fiction. Widows > Fiction. Illegal aliens > Fiction. Responsibility > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Novels. Domestic fiction. |
Summary:
Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--her favorite authors' lines play in her head like a soundtrack--but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words.... from book jacket.
