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Gain braids together two stories on very different scales. In one, Laura Body, divorced mother of two and a real-estate agent in the small town of Lacewood, Illinois, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has ovarian cancer. In the other, Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston, grows over the course of a century and a half into an international consumer products conglomerate based in Lauras hometown. Clares stunning growth reflects the kaleidoscopic history of America; Laura Bodys life is changed forever by Clare. The novels stunning conclusion reveals the countless invisible connections between the largest enterprises and the smallest lives.About the Author:RICHARD POWERS is the author of ten novels, including his most recent title, Generosity. The Echo Maker won the National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Powers has received a MacArthur Fellowship and a Lannan Literary Award. He lives in Illinois.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: St. Martins Press
