000			01804nam a2200289 a 4500
001			016897
005			20231009192242.0
008			110926s20112008nyu 000 1 eng d
010			_a2010514066
016	7		_a015432605 _2 Uk
020			_a9780061825903
042			_alccopycat
050	0	0	_aPR9199.4.E53 _bG66 2010
082	0	0	_aFIC END
100	1		_aEndicott, Marina _d, 1958-
245	1	0	_aGood to a fault _c/ Marina Endicott
250			_a1st Harper Perennial edition
260			_aNew York _b: HarperCollins Publishers _c, 2011, c2008.
300			_a367 p. _c; 20 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: Canada : Freehand Books, 2008.
500			_aShort listed for the Commonwealth Writers' prize.
520			_aInsurance 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.
650		4	_aCancer patients _v--Fiction
650		0	_aGuilt _x--Fiction
655			_aDomestic fiction
942			_cMO
999			_c234724 _d234724