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Earth's the right place for love : a novel / Elizabeth Berg.

Berg, Elizabeth, (author.).

Summary:

"This beautiful novel tells the love story of young Arthur Moses and Nola, and how a young man grew up to become the wise old man known as Arthur trulove. Set in the 1950s in the warm community of Mason, Missouri, Arthur is a shy, unathletic teenage boy,in love with the most beautiful girl in his class. He is thrilled when they become friends, but he wants more than friendship. Alas, he learns that Nola has a crush on the wrong Moses--Arthur's older brother, Frank. Meanwhile, Frank is busy pursuing his own passion, and avoiding their father, a war veteran with a drinking problem and a penchant for starting fights. When a sudden tragedy rocks Arthur's world, Arthur is force to grow up, and to learn how to create a life that involves the kinds of relationships that are the most important to him"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593446799
  • ISBN: 0593446798
  • Physical Description: 273 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Random House, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Series information from Goodreads.
Subject: Missouri > Fiction.
Dysfunctional families > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Life change events > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Romance fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 13 of 14 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Union County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Union Carnegie Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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651 0. ‡aMissouri ‡vFiction.
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650 0. ‡aGrief ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aLife change events ‡vFiction.
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655 7. ‡aRomance fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aHistorical fiction. ‡2lcgft
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