Red Hook Road a novel
After John Tetherly and Becca Copaken die in a freak car accident an hour after their wedding, their families are left to bridge stark class and cultural divides, and eventually forge deep-rooted bonds thanks to the twin deities of love and music. Becca's family is well off, from New York, and...
| Main Author: | Waldman, Ayelet. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Doubleday,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
After John Tetherly and Becca Copaken die in a freak car accident an hour after their wedding, their families are left to bridge stark class and cultural divides, and eventually forge deep-rooted bonds thanks to the twin deities of love and music. Becca's family is well off, from New York, and summers in Red Hook, Maine, a small coastal town where John's blue-collar single mother, Jane, cleans houses for a living. They interact, awkwardly, over how to bury the couple, the staging of an anniversary party, and over Jane's adopted niece, whose amazing musical talent makes a connection to Becca's ailing grandfather, a virtuoso violinist, who agrees to give her lessons. Becca's younger sister, Ruthie, a Fulbright scholar, meanwhile, falls in love with John's younger brother, Matt, the first Tetherly to go to college, before he drops out to work at a boatyard and finish restoring his brother's sailboat, which he plans on sailing to the Caribbean. |
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| Physical Description: |
343 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780385517867 0385517866 |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |