num_pages: 209
description: Philip has a new life in New York but is returned to the petty meddling of his family when his two spinster sisters call upon him to help them ruin their eighty-one-year-old father's wedding plans
language: English
title: A Summons to Memphis
titlecomplete: A Summons to Memphis
genres: American, Historical Fiction, Southern, Literary Fiction, Novels, American Fiction, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 6391
places: Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Knopf