Evenings at Five: A Novel and Five New Stories (Ballantine Reader's Circle) - Softcover

Godwin, Gail

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345461037 ISBN 13: 9780345461032

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2004

Synopsis

Every evening at five o’clock, Christina and Rudy began the ritual commonly known as Happy Hour, sharing drinks along with a love of language and music (she is an author, he a composer, after all), a delight in intense conversation, a fascination with popes, and nearly thirty years of life together. Now, seven months after Rudy’s unexpected death, Christina reflects on their vibrant bond—with all its quirks, habits, and unguarded moments—as well as her passionate sorrow and her attempts to reposition herself and her new place in the very real world they shared.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“An unflinching account of love, loss, grief, and the struggle toward consolation. It should touch every reader with its emotional power.”
—ELIZABETH SPENCER

About the Author:

Gail Godwin is the three-time National Book Award nominee and bestselling author of eleven critically acclaimed novels, including A Mother and Two Daughters, Violet Clay, Father Melancholy’s Daughter, Evensong, and The Good Husband. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant for fiction and libretto writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. She has written libretti for ten musical works with the composer Robert Starer. Currently she is writing her twelfth novel, Queen of the Underworld.

Visit her Web site at www.gailgodwin.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0345461037
• ISBN 13: 9780345461032
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320