num_pages: 226
description: In The Easter Parade, first published in 1976, we meet sisters Sarah and Emily Grimes when they are still the children of divorced parents. We observe the sisters over four decades, watching them grow into two very different women. Sarah is stable and stalwart, settling into an unhappy marriage. Emily is precocious and independent, struggling with one unsatisfactory love affair after another. Richard Yates's classic novel is about how both women struggle to overcome their tarnished family's past, and how both finally reach for some semblance of renewal.
language: English
title: The Easter Parade
titlecomplete: The Easter Parade
characters: Tony Wilson, Sarah Grimes, Peter Wilson, Emily Grimes, Esther Grimes "Pookie"
genres: 20th Century, American, Americana, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Family, Fiction
ratings_count: 9297
places: New York City, New York, The United States of America, New York (State), Long Island, New York
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Methuen Publishing