The blessings
By: Elise Juska
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Wheeler Publishing large print hardcover
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781410472151
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Large type books; Irish American families; Fiction; Catholics
Description: "When John Blessing dies and leaves behind two small children, the loss reverberates across his extended family for years to come. His young widow, Lauren, finds solace in her large clan of in-laws, while his brother's wife Kate pursues motherhood even at the expense of her marriage. John's teenage nephew Stephen finds himself involved in an act of petty theft that takes a surprising turn, and nephew Alex, a gifted student, travels to Spain and considers the world beyond his family's Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood. Through departures and arrivals, weddings and reunions, The Blessings reveals the interior worlds of the members of a close-knit Irish-Catholic family and the rituals that unite them."--Publisher's description.