Equal Affections: A Novel - Softcover

Leavitt, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060972874 ISBN 13: 9780060972875

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1989

Synopsis

Sketches an intimate portrait of a family and its emotional struggle to come to terms with the death of matriarch Louise Cooper

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From the Publisher:

The vivid and emotionally powerful story of a family in crisis. "Leavitt is able to demonstrate his . . . talent for empathy, his ability to write persuasively about highly emotional issues."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

From Library Journal:

The latest novel by the author of Family Dancing (8/84) and The Lost Language of Cranes (9/15/84) examines the complex relationships of the Cooper family. Family matriarch Louise Cooper, mother of gay siblings April and Danny, suffers one medical malady after another, while Nat, her computer scientist husband, enjoys a long-term affair on the side. As Louise's condition deteriorates, tensions mount and family members attempt to define and justify their conflicting feelings. Leavitt's plot twists and turns around various relationshipsof Nat and Lousie, Danny and his lover Walter, Louise and her polio-crippled sister Eleanorand April's decision to have a baby while maintaining her tremendous appeal as a star of women's music. A compassionate, moving work.Kevin M. Roddy, Oakland P.L., Cal.
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0060972874
• ISBN 13: 9780060972875
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288