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020			_a9780061430206
050	0	0	_aPR6058.E483 _bB46 2009
082	0	0	_aFIC HEL
100	1		_aHeller, Zoe
245	1	4	_aThe believers _b: a novel _c/ Zoe Heller
250			_a1st US ed
260			_aNew York _b: HarperCollins _c, 2009.
300			_a335 p. _c; 24 cm.
520			_aWhen radical New York lawyer Joel Litvinoff is felled by a stroke, his wife, Audrey, uncovers a secret that forces her to reexamine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will soon have to come to terms with this discovery themselves, but for the meantime, they are struggling with their own dilemmas and doubts. Rosa, a disillusioned revolutionary, has found herself drawn into the world of Orthodox Judaism and is now being pressed to make a commitment to that religion. Karla, a devoted social worker hoping to adopt a child with her husband, is falling in love with the owner of a newspaper stand outside her office. Ne'er-do-well Lenny is living at home, approaching another relapse into heroin addiction. In the course of battling their own demons and one another, the Litvinoff clan is called upon to examine long-held articles of faith that have formed the basis of their lives together and their identities as individuals. In the end, all the family members will have to answer their own questions and decide what-if-anything they still believe in. Hailed by the Sunday Times (London) as "one of the outstanding novels of the year," The Believers explores big ideas with a light touch, delivering a tragic, comic family story as unsparing as it is filled with compassion.
650		0	_aMarried people _x--Fiction
650		0	_aOlder couples _x--Fiction
650		0	_aParent and adult child _x--Fiction
651			_aNew York (N.Y.) _x-History
655			_aDomestic fiction
655		0	_aPsychological fiction.
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