An edition of Epilogue (2008)

Epilogue

a memoir

1st ed.

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An edition of Epilogue (2008)

Epilogue

a memoir

1st ed.

"Widowed novelist, near seventy, ex-Park Avenue girl, ex-beatnik, ex-many other things too complicated to list here, loves big parties, summers at the beach, grandchildren, seeks interesting man for dinner and a movie." Anne Roiphe was not quite seventy years old when her husband of nearly forty years unexpectedly passed away. But it was not until her daughters placed a personal ad in a literary journal that Roiphe began to consider the previously unimagined possibility of a new man. Moving between heartbreaking memories of her marriage and the pressing needs of a new day-to-day routine, this book takes us on her journey into the unknown world of life after love. Roiphe offers us an elegant literary pastiche not of grief, but of hope and renewal.--From publisher description.

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Publisher
Harper
Language
English
Pages
214

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Epilogue: a memoir
2008, Harper
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Epilogue
2008, HarperCollins
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54, B
Library of Congress
PS3568.O53 Z46 2008, PS3568.O53Z46 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
214

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17073726M
Internet Archive
epiloguememoir00roip
ISBN 10
0061254622, 0061254630, 0061704512
ISBN 13
9780061254628, 9780061254635, 9780061704512, 9780061668579
LCCN
2008034530
OCLC/WorldCat
191930141
Library Thing
5608863
Goodreads
3780236
6500807
2875042

Work Description

Widowed novelist, near seventy, ex-Park Avenue girl, ex-beatnik, ex-many other things too complicated to list here, loves big parties, summers at the beach, grandchildren, seeks interesting man for dinner and a movie.Anne Roiphe was not quite seventy years old when her husband of nearly forty years unexpectedly passed away. But it was not until her daughters placed a personal ad in a literary journal that Roiphe began to consider the previously unimagined possibility of a new man. Moving between heartbreaking memories of her marriage and the pressing needs of a new day-to-day routine, Epilogue takes us on her journey into the unknown world of life after love.Roiphe decides to reenter the dating world. But between new lunches, coffee dates, and e-mail exchanges, she wrestles with an unsettling loneliness. Recollections of marriage evoke complex, unexpected emotions on her journey through grief toward new companionship. In beautifully wrought vignettes, she recalls hailing a cab for the first time and learning to lock and unlock the front door—tasks her husband had always done.Eloquent and astute, Epilogue tells the story of love rekindled and life remade. Roiphe offers us an elegant literary pastiche not of grief, but of hope and renewal.

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