Description
From Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Overstory, Richard Powers's Gain braids together two stories on very different scales.
In one, Laura Body, divorced mother of two and a real-estate agent in the small town of Lacewood, Illinois, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has ovarian cancer. In the other, Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston, grows over the course of a century and a half into an international consumer products conglomerate based in Laura's hometown. Clare's stunning growth reflects the kaleidoscopic history of America; Laura Body's life is changed forever by Clare.
Gain's stunning conclusion reveals the countless invisible connections between the largest enterprises and the smallest lives.
Product Details
| Publisher | Picador |
| Publish Date | September 29, 2009 |
| Pages | 416 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780312429096 |
| Dimensions | 215.9 X 139.7 X 23.4 mm | 1.2 pounds |
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Reviews
“Powers is a writer of blistering intellect.” —Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times Book Review
“[Gain] is erudite, penetrating and splendidly written.” —Bruce Bawer, The New York Times Book Review
“Richard Powers has proven himself a visionary writer.” —Greil Marcus, The San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle
“Gain only confirms that Powers is, in fact, a major American novelist.” —Adam Kirsch, The New Republic
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