The Resource The Dutch house : a novel, Ann Patchett, (text large print)
The Dutch house : a novel, Ann Patchett, (text large print)
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The item The Dutch house : a novel, Ann Patchett, (text large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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- Summary
- At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First HarperLuxe edition, Larger print.
- Extent
- 466 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9780062966469
- Label
- The Dutch house : a novel
- Title
- The Dutch house
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Ann Patchett
- Subject
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- truePennsylvania
- trueLiterary fiction
- Large type books
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHouses
- trueFamily relationships
- Stepmothers -- Fiction
- trueInheritance and succession
- trueObsession
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- trueMother-deserted children
- trueStepmothers
- trueFamily sagas
- Poverty -- Fiction
- trueComing-of-age stories
- Epic fiction
- truePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- trueForgiveness
- Domestic fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction
- truePoverty
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another
- Summary
- A tale set over the course of five decades traces a young man's rise from poverty to wealth and back again as his prospects center around his family's lavish Philadelphia estate
- Award
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- LibraryReads Favorites, 2019.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2019
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10804759
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Patchett, Ann
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3566.A7756
- LC item number
- D88 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Brothers and sisters
- Dysfunctional families
- Stepmothers
- Poverty
- Inheritance and succession
- Families
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Dutch house : a novel, Ann Patchett, (text large print)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First HarperLuxe edition, Larger print.
- Extent
- 466 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780062966469
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
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- on1118691906
- (OCoLC)1118691906
- Label
- The Dutch house : a novel, Ann Patchett, (text large print)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First HarperLuxe edition, Larger print.
- Extent
- 466 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780062966469
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- on1118691906
- (OCoLC)1118691906
Subject
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- trueComing-of-age stories
- Domestic fiction
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- Epic fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFamily sagas
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueForgiveness
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHouses
- trueInheritance and succession
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMother-deserted children
- trueObsession
- truePennsylvania
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction
- truePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- truePoverty
- Poverty -- Fiction
- trueStepmothers
- Stepmothers -- Fiction
Genre
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueEpic fiction
- trueFamily sagas
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHistorical fiction
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
Included in
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2019
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2019
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Audio Fiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Combined Print & E-Book Fiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Hardcover Fiction
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Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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