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008 041015s2005 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2004024348
020 $a0374125120 (alk. paper)
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035 $a(NNC)5320624
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPS3613.I5323$bC63 2005
082 00 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aMiller, Adrienne.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88099666
245 14 $aThe coast of Akron /$cAdrienne Miller.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux ;$a[Vancouver (B.C.)?] :$bDistributed in Canada by Douglas & McIntyre,$c2005.
300 $a390 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Adrienne Miller introduces us to the Haven family of Akron, Ohio. This is not your typical Midwestern family, and Lowell Haven is a most unusual patriarch. He's a seducer, a wannabe aristocrat, and a liar. Jenny, his former wife, was a brilliant artist, but today is a broken woman with a secret." "In the thirty years since Lowell and Jenny met, Lowell has become a world-famous artist, known for portraits of his favorite subject - himself. But five years ago, Lowell mysteriously stopped painting, and the world now demands to know: Why has Lowell Haven abandoned his art? The answer is Merit, Lowell and Jenny's daughter, who is running as fast as she can from her family. Fergus - Lowell's partner, Jenny's ex-best friend, and drama queen extraordinaire - dreams of luring Merit home to the sixty-five-room faux-Tudor mansion where he lives with Lowell. A lavish party for the Midwestern glitterati is the perfect excuse. But his delusions of grandeur loom over the gathering, and his decision to include a certain guest invites disaster." "Stretching from mid-seventies London to the present-day Midwest, The Coast of Akron is about the all-too-human urge to own what is unownable, no matter what the cost."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aArtists$xFamily relationships$vFiction.
650 0 $aDysfunctional families$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108881
650 0 $aArtists$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100472
650 0 $aSecrecy$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111365
655 7 $aDomestic fiction.$2lcgft$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026295
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3613.I5323$iC63 2005