An edition of On Beauty (2005)

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An edition of On Beauty (2005)

On Beauty

  • 3.6 (12 ratings) ·
  • 50 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

"Howard Belsey is an Englishman abroad, an academic teaching in Wellington, a college town in New England. Married young, thirty years later he is struggling to revive his love for his African American wife Kiki. Meanwhile, his three teenage children - Jerome, Zora and Levi - are each seeking the passions, ideals and commitments that will guide them through their own lives." "After Howard has a disastrous affair with a colleague, his sensitive older son, Jerome, escapes to England for the holidays. In London he defies everything the Belseys represent when he goes to work for Trinidadian right-wing academic and pundit, Monty Kipps. Taken in by the Kipps family for the summer, Jerome falls for Monty's beautiful, capricious daughter, Victoria." "But this short-lived romance has long-lasting consequences, drawing these very different families into each other's lives. As Kiki develops a friendship with Mrs. Kipps, and Howard and Monty do battle on different sides of the culture war, hot-headed Zora brings a handsome young man from the Boston streets into their midst whom she is determined to draw into the fold of the black middle class - but at what price?"--BOOK JACKET

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Publisher
Q P D
Pages
464

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Cover of: On beauty
On beauty: a novel
2006, Thorndike Press
in English
Cover of: On Beauty
On Beauty
August 29, 2006, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: On Beauty
On Beauty
2006, Penguin Books
Cover of: On beauty
On beauty: a novel
2006, Howes, Clipper
in English - Large print ed.
Cover of: On beauty
On beauty: a novel
2005, Penguin Press
Cover of: On Beauty
On Beauty
2005, Q P D
Paperback
Cover of: On beauty
On beauty: a novel
2005, Penguin Press
in English
Cover of: On Beauty
On Beauty
September 13, 2005, Penguin Press HC, The
Hardcover in English

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Library of Congress
PR6069.M59

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
464
Dimensions
9.1 x 6 x 1.5 inches
Weight
1.5 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL10202154M
Internet Archive
onbeautynovel0000smit_d0w5
ISBN 10
0241142946
ISBN 13
9780241142943
Library Thing
968993
Goodreads
925741
Original languages
English

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