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Recently widowed Helen Ames and her twenty-seven-year-old daughter Tessa discover that money has disappeared in several big withdrawals from the Ames' retirement savings. What Helen's husband did with all their money turns out to be provocative, revelatory--and leads Helen and her daughter to embark on new adventures, and change.
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Fiction, Widows, Parent and adult child, Mothers and daughters, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction, Literature & Fiction -- Women's Fiction -- Mothers & Children, Family secrets, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2009-05-17, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, family life, general, Widows, fiction, Mothers and daughters, fiction, Fiction, psychologicalShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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Home Safe
2009, Random House Publishing Group
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1588368521 9781588368522
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Home safe: a novel
2009, Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
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Home Safe: A Novel (Random House Large Print)
April 28, 2009, Random House Large Print
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0739328417 9780739328415
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Home safe: a novel
2009, Ballantine Trade Paperbacks
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In this new novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames--recently widowed, coping with loss and grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her--is beginning to depend far too much on her twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Tessa, and is meddling in her life, offering unsolicited and unwelcome advice. Helen's problems are compounded by her shocking discovery that her mild-mannered and loyal husband was apparently leading a double life. The Ameses had painstakingly saved for a happy retirement, but that money disappeared in several large withdrawals made by Helen's husband before he died. In order to support herself and garner a measure of much needed independence, Helen takes an unusual job that ends up offering far more than she had anticipated. And then a phone call from a stranger sets Helen on a surprising path of discovery that causes both mother and daughter to reassess what they thought they knew about each other, themselves, and what really makes a home and a family.From the Hardcover edition.
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