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It begins with the sudden revelation of astonishing secrets--secrets that have shaped the personalities and fates of three siblings, and now threaten to tear them apart. In renowned author Elizabeth Berg's moving new novel, unearthed truths force one seemingly ordinary family to reexamine their disparate lives and to ask themselves: Is it too late to mend the hurts of the past?Laura Bartone anticipates her annual family reunion in Minnesota with a mixture of excitement and wariness. Yet this year's gathering will prove to be much more trying than either she or her siblings imagined. As soon as she arrives, Laura realizes that something is not right with her sister. Forever wrapped up in events of long ago, Caroline is the family's restless black sheep. When Caroline confronts Laura and their brother, Steve, with devastating allegations about their mother, the three have a difficult time reconciling their varying experiences in the same house. But a sudden misfortune will lead them all to face the past, their own culpability, and their common need for love and forgiveness.Readers have come to love Elizabeth Berg for the "lucent beauty of [her] prose, the verity of her insights, and the tenderness of her regard for her fellow human" (Booklist). In The Art of Mending, her most profound and emotionally satisfying novel to date, she confronts some of the deepest mysteries of life, as she explores how even the largest sins can be forgiven by the smallest gestures, and how grace can come to many through the trials of one.From the Hardcover edition.
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Repression (Psychology), Brothers and sisters, Family reunions, Forgiveness, Mother and child, Fiction, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, psychological, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Fiction, general, Brothers and sisters -- Fiction, Brothers and sisters -- Fiction., Large type books, Siblings, fiction, SiblingsShowing 7 featured editions. View all 19 editions?
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The Art of Mending
February 28, 2006, Fawcett
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The art of mending: a novel
2004, Random House, Random House Publishing Group
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The art of mending: a novel
2004, Random House Large Print
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"THIS IS THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR I REMEMBER MOST: It was 1960, a Saturday morning when I was eleven years old, and I was the first one up."
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