num_pages: 297
description: When Isabel Moore's father dies, she finds herself, at the age of thirty, suddenly freed from eleven years of uninterrupted care for a helpless man. With all the patterns of her life suddenly rendered meaningless, she turns to childhood friends for support, gets a job, and becomes involved with two very different men. But just as her future begins to emerge, her past throws up a daunting challenge.A moving story of self-reinvention, Final Payments is a timeless exploration of the nature of friendship, desire, guilt, and love.
language: English
title: Final Payments
titlecomplete: Final Payments
genres: Religion, Literary Fiction, Novels, American Fiction, Literature, College, Catholic, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 662
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Anchor