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Good to a fault / Marina Endicott

By:

Endicott, Marina, , 1958-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins Publishers , 2011, c2008.Edition: 1st Harper Perennial editionDescription: 367 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780061825903

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Domestic fiction

DDC classification:

FIC END

LOC classification:

PR9199.4.E53 G66 2010

Summary: Insurance claims adjuster Clara Purdy is 43, divorced, and settled into a comfortable, if lonely, routine. That ends dramatically one day when she accidentally runs her car into a family of six. The Gages-Lorraine and Clayton, his elderly mother, and three young children-are homeless and on the road to find work. Lorraine is hospitalized after the post-accident exam finds that she has cancer, and Clara impulsively decides to offer her home to the rest of them. When Clayton leaves for parts unknown, Clara becomes the family's bulwark and guardian of the three children, including baby Pearce. As the chaos and joy swirl together, Clara finds an unexpected support network in neighbors, relatives, and her pastor. Verdict Winner of a Commonwealth Writers Prize in 2009, this second novel by Canadian Endicott, a former actor/director, is a brilliantly balanced and engrossing work about illness, charity, and the very tenuous nature of goodness.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC END (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		016897

Originally published: Canada : Freehand Books, 2008.

Short listed for the Commonwealth Writers' prize.

Insurance claims adjuster Clara Purdy is 43, divorced, and settled into a comfortable, if lonely, routine. That ends dramatically one day when she accidentally runs her car into a family of six. The Gages-Lorraine and Clayton, his elderly mother, and three young children-are homeless and on the road to find work. Lorraine is hospitalized after the post-accident exam finds that she has cancer, and Clara impulsively decides to offer her home to the rest of them. When Clayton leaves for parts unknown, Clara becomes the family's bulwark and guardian of the three children, including baby Pearce. As the chaos and joy swirl together, Clara finds an unexpected support network in neighbors, relatives, and her pastor. Verdict Winner of a Commonwealth Writers Prize in 2009, this second novel by Canadian Endicott, a former actor/director, is a brilliantly balanced and engrossing work about illness, charity, and the very tenuous nature of goodness.

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