The Resource Bowlaway : a novel, Elizabeth McCracken
Bowlaway : a novel, Elizabeth McCracken
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Resource Information
The item Bowlaway : a novel, Elizabeth McCracken represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Forsyth County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- "A sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley. From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century--nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person--Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. She has no past to speak of, or at least none she is willing to reveal, and her mysterious origin scandalizes and intrigues the townspeople, as does her choice to marry and start a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. But Bertha is plucky, tenacious, and entrepreneurial, and the bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford's most defining landmark--with Bertha its most notable resident. When Bertha dies in a freak accident, her past resurfaces in the form of a heretofore-unheard-of son, who arrives in Salford claiming he is heir apparent to Truitt Alleys. Soon it becomes clear that, even in her death, Bertha's defining spirit and the implications of her obfuscations live on, infecting and affecting future generations through inheritance battles, murky paternities, and hidden wills. In a voice laced with insight and her signature sharp humor, Elizabeth McCracken has written an epic family saga set against the backdrop of twentieth-century America. Bowlaway is both a stunning feat of language and a brilliant unraveling of a family's myths and secrets, its passions and betrayals, and the ties that bind and the rifts that divide. "--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (373 pages)
- Isbn
- 9780062862877
- Label
- Bowlaway : a novel
- Title
- Bowlaway
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth McCracken
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley. From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century--nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person--Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. She has no past to speak of, or at least none she is willing to reveal, and her mysterious origin scandalizes and intrigues the townspeople, as does her choice to marry and start a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. But Bertha is plucky, tenacious, and entrepreneurial, and the bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford's most defining landmark--with Bertha its most notable resident. When Bertha dies in a freak accident, her past resurfaces in the form of a heretofore-unheard-of son, who arrives in Salford claiming he is heir apparent to Truitt Alleys. Soon it becomes clear that, even in her death, Bertha's defining spirit and the implications of her obfuscations live on, infecting and affecting future generations through inheritance battles, murky paternities, and hidden wills. In a voice laced with insight and her signature sharp humor, Elizabeth McCracken has written an epic family saga set against the backdrop of twentieth-century America. Bowlaway is both a stunning feat of language and a brilliant unraveling of a family's myths and secrets, its passions and betrayals, and the ties that bind and the rifts that divide. "--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McCracken, Elizabeth
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3563.C35248
- LC item number
- B69 2019eb
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- OverDrive, Inc
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Families
- Bowling alleys
- Electronic books
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Bowlaway : a novel, Elizabeth McCracken
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (373 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780062862877
- Lccn
- 2018026602
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- D791D025-5DA5-4130-941D-6C537A55EEFC
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1039304194
- (OCoLC)on1039304194
- Label
- Bowlaway : a novel, Elizabeth McCracken
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (373 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780062862877
- Lccn
- 2018026602
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- D791D025-5DA5-4130-941D-6C537A55EEFC
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1039304194
- (OCoLC)on1039304194
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