Allison, Will <br/><br/>
What you have left  : a novel 
/ Will Allison 
 - New York  : Free Press  , c2007. 
 - 210 p.  ; 23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Are we doomed to repeat our parents' mistakes? Can lies save love instead of destroying it? Is letting go the same as giving up? Shot through with sly humor and a knowing sympathy for human weakness, What You Have Left takes up these and other questions as it examines the weight of history, the nature of loss, and the possibility of forgiveness. Making use of bold shifts in viewpoint and time, Allison proves a brilliant observer of the emotional legacies handed down from parent to child and the ways loss defines us. This stunning debut brims with an affection for humanity exactly as it is -- in all its ignorance and awareness, its swagger and humility, its despair and hope. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781416541394 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006051876 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Working class families----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Southern States----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Domestic fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3601.L4484  / W47 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>FIC ALL