This is home : a novel /
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Atria Paperback, 2019Copyright date: 2019Edition: First Atria Paperback editionDescription: 278 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781501189258
- 1501189255
- 9781982115753
- 1982115750
- 813/.6 23
- PS3604.U3784 T48 2019
Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Standard Loan | Coeur d'Alene Library Adult Fiction | Coeur d'Alene Library | Book | DUFFY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 50610022581339 | |||
Standard Loan | Hayden Library Adult Paperback | Hayden Library | Book | DUFFY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 50610021941575 | |||
Standard Loan | Liberty Lake Library Adult Fiction | Liberty Lake Library | Book | FIC DUFFY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31421000632969 | ||||
Standard Loan | Priest River Library Adult Fiction | Priest River Library | Book | F DUFFY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 06/01/2024 | 50610021537316 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the author of book club favorite The Salt House comes a deeply affecting novel about a teenage girl finding her voice and the military wife who moves in downstairs, united in their search for the true meaning of home.
Sixteen-year-old Libby Winters lives in Paradise, a seaside town north of Boston that rarely lives up to its name. After the death of her mother, she lives with her father, Bent, in the middle apartment of their triple decker home--Bent's two sisters, Lucy and Desiree, live on the top floor. A former soldier turned policeman, Bent often works nights, leaving Libby under her aunts' care. Shuffling back and forth between apartments--and the wildly different natures of her family--has Libby wishing for nothing more than a home of her very own.
Quinn Ellis is at a crossroads. When her husband John, who has served two tours in Iraq, goes missing back at home, suffering from PTSD he refuses to address, Quinn finds herself living in the first-floor apartment of the Winters house. Bent had served as her husband's former platoon leader, a man John refers to as his brother, and despite Bent's efforts to make her feel welcome, Quinn has yet to unpack a single box.
For Libby, the new tenant downstairs is an unwelcome guest, another body filling up her already crowded house. But soon enough, an unlikely friendship begins to blossom, when Libby and Quinn stretch and redefine their definition of family and home.
With gorgeous prose and a cast of characters that feel wholly real and lovably flawed, This Is Home is a nuanced and moving novel of finding where we belong.
Sixteen-year-old Libby Winters lives in Paradise, a seaside town north of Boston that rarely lives up to its name. After the death of her mother, she lives with her father, Bent, in the middle apartment of their triple decker home—Bent’s two sisters, Lucy and Desiree, live on the top floor. A former soldier turned policeman, Bent often works nights, leaving Libby under her aunts’ care. Shuffling back and forth between apartments—and the wildly different natures of her family—has Libby wishing for nothing more than a home of her very own. Quinn Ellis is at a crossroads. When her husband John, who has served two tours in Iraq, goes missing back at home, suffering from PTSD he refuses to address, Quinn finds herself living in the first-floor apartment of the Winters house. Bent had served as her husband’s former platoon leader, a man John refers to as his brother, and despite Bent’s efforts to make her feel welcome, Quinn has yet to unpack a single box. For Libby, the new tenant downstairs is an unwelcome guest, another body filling up her already crowded house. But soon enough, an unlikely friendship begins to blossom, when Libby and Quinn stretch and redefine their definition of family and home.
Excerpt provided by Syndetics
Reviews provided by Syndetics
Publishers Weekly Review
Authentic characters resonate throughout this engrossing novel from Duffy (The Salt House) as a woman tries to understand why her husband, a soldier with PTSD, has left her. Quinn Ellis's husband, John, was deployed twice in their five years of marriage; after the last tour, he came back to their home in Massachusetts but soon after disappeared. Quinn's work as a nanny is the only thing keeping her anchored while she tries to find John and waits for him to get in touch with her. After receiving a notice that her lease won't be renewed, Quinn accepts an offer from John's former sergeant, Bent Winters, a local cop in Paradise, Mass.: she can stay on the first floor of the triple-decker he lives in with his sisters, Lucy and Desiree, and his teen daughter, Libby. Alternating points of view from Libby and Quinn provide the contrasting perspectives of a teenage girl on the brink of adulthood and a wife coping with the sorrow and guilt of her fractured marriage. Over time, Quinn and Libby come to see each other as family, healing their mutual loneliness. A healthy dose of humor balances the sadness of Quinn's story. Intensely real and deeply emotional, Duffy's rich novel is worth savoring from the very first page. Agent: Danielle Burby, Nelson Literary. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.Booklist Review
Duffy's (The Salt House, 2017) latest is a novel of family, friendship, and the meaning of home. Ever since Libby's mom died, Libby and her cop father, Bent, have been making a home for themselves with Bent's sisters, Lucy and Desiree. While Libby's aunts have always tried to protect her from the perils of adulthood, Bent has no qualms treating Libby like the mature teen she is, sometimes to her detriment. When Quinn, the wife of a missing army friend of Bent's, moves in downstairs, Libby begins to learn more about life how messy it can be, how people can change for better or worse, and that home is the people you surround yourself with. Written from the perspectives of Libby and Quinn, the novel follows each young woman as she learns about who she is and what it is she wants from life. Also touching on such topics as post-traumatic stress disorder, military service, and addiction, This Is Home makes a great addition to any family life or women's fiction collection.--LynnDee Wathen Copyright 2019 BooklistAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
Lisa Duffy is the author of The Salt House , named by Real Simple as a Best Book of the Month upon its June release and one of Bustle' s 17 Best Debut Novels by Women in 2017, and This is Home , a favorite book club pick. Lisa received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts. Her writing can be found in numerous publications, including Writer's Digest . She lives in the Boston area with her husband and three children. My Kind of People is her third novel.There are no comments on this title.