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Emily, alone a novel

Newly independent widow Emily Maxwell dreams of visits by grandchildren and mourns changes in her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood before realizing an inner strength to pursue developing opportunities.

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Main Author:	O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-
Other Authors:	Gallo, Andrea (Narrator)
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2011.
Edition:	Unabridged.
Subjects:	Widows > Fiction. Older women > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. Domestic fiction > Pennsylvania. Audiobooks.
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Summary:	Newly independent widow Emily Maxwell dreams of visits by grandchildren and mourns changes in her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood before realizing an inner strength to pursue developing opportunities.
Item Description:	Sequel to: Wish you were here. "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container. Title from container. Compact disc.
Physical Description:	9 sound discs (10.25 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:	9781456121006 1456121006
Author Notes:	Stewart O'Nan was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1961. He received a B. S. from Boston University in 1983 and received a M. F. A. in fiction from Cornell University in 1992. Before becoming a writer, he worked as a test engineer for Grumman Aerospace from 1984 to 1988. He has written several novels including The Speed Queen, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, The Circus Fire, and Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season. In the Walled City won the 1993 Due Heinz Literature Prize; Snow Angels won the 1993 Pirates Alley William Faulkner Prize; and The Names of the Dead won the 1996 Oklahoma Book Award. Snow Angels was made into a feature film in 2007. In 1996, he was listed as one of Granta's best young American novelists. (Bowker Author Biography)