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      Object Lessons

      by Anna Quindlen
      Published
      Apr 1991
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this "charming, compassionate little masterpiece" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Pulitzer–Prize winning author Anna Quindlen traces the coming-of-age of a young girl struggling to find her way within the tangle of her quirky, loving Irish-Catholic family.

      "A small triumph . . . elaborate and playful . . . honest and deeply felt . . . Here is the Quindlen wit, the sharp eye for details of class and manners, the ardent reading of domestic lives."—The New York Times (Best Books of the Year)

      It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie Scanlan and her family are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is desperately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having. . . .

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      First Edition Apr 1991 Random House ISBN13 9780394569659 ISBN10 0394569652
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      Nov 1991 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9781560542513 ISBN10 1560542519
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