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Store Events - November 20, 4:00 p.m.
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Time: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:00 p.m.
Location: The Women’s Exchange, 630 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
Title of Event: ELIZABETH BERG - Salon with Wine and Cheese
Bestselling Chicago author ELIZABETH BERG appears at The Women's Exchange from 4 'til 5:30 p.m. for a talk on "The Story Behind the Story" of many of her popular books, including her latest novel, Home Safe. For reservations, ($15 including wine and cheese, call 847 441 3406.
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Home Safe
by
Berg, Elizabeth
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.00
Published: Random House, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
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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.
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