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The Birthdays

A Novel

By Heidi Pitlor

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| Hardcover | 9780393061277

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A beautifully told debut in the tradition of Sue Miller about a unique family on the brink of a new generation.

On an island off the coast of Maine, the Miller family reunites to celebrate the father's seventy-fifth birthday. Each of the adult children is expecting a first child, and aContinue

A beautifully told debut in the tradition of Sue Miller about a unique family on the brink of a new generation.

On an island off the coast of Maine, the Miller family reunites to celebrate the father's seventy-fifth birthday. Each of the adult children is expecting a first child, and at the same time each is at a major crossroads in life. The eldest, Daniel, still reeling from a car accident that has left him a paraplegic, is also grappling with the fact that his wife had to be artificially inseminated. Jake, the middle child, discovers that his wife is carrying twins after many trying years of fertility treatments. Hilary—the free-spirited youngest daughter—arrives in Maine five months pregnant with no identifiable father in sight. As the family gathers, something shattering happens from which no one will emerge the same. The Birthdays deftly explores the myriad ways of seeking sustenance after disappointment or loss and announces the arrival of a poignant new voice in fiction.

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    The Birthdays Heidi Pitlor W.W. Norton Hardcover 288 pages June 2006 In a piquant novel of the Miller family gathering to celebrate Joe Miller’s seventy-fifth birthday, The Birthdays proves, once more, that you can’t go home again. When the clan meet ... (read full critics)

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 288 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0393061272
  • ISBN-13: 9780393061277
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton
  • Pub date: Jun 05, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback
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