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020			_a9789004461987 _q(electronic book)
020			_a9789004461970 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.1163/9789004461987 _2DOI
035			_a(OCoLC)1238129001
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082	0	4	_a813/.6 _223
100	1		_aLeavy, Patricia, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aConstellations / _cPatricia Leavy.
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBrill | Sense, _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aSocial Fictions Series ; _v41
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tAcknowledgements -- _tChapter 1 -- _tChapter 2 -- _tChapter 3 -- _tChapter 4 -- _tChapter 5 -- _tChapter 6 -- _tChapter 7 -- _tChapter 8 -- _tChapter 9 -- _tChapter 10 -- _tChapter 11 -- _tChapter 12 -- _tChapter 13 -- _tChapter 14 -- _tEpilogue: The Next Day -- _tSuggested Classroom or Book Club Use -- _tAuthor Q&A -- _tShooting Stars , Chapter 1 -- _tAbout the Author.
520			_aConstellations follows Tess Lee and Jack Miller after three years of marriage as they navigate the meaning of love and family over a series of holidays. Tess is a wildly successful and world-famous novelist. Her inspirational books explore our innermost struggles and the human need to believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Jack is a former federal agent. After spending decades immersed in a violent world, a residue remains. Both healing from past trauma, together they have finally built the life they wish to live. What will happen to their blissful union when Jack’s childhood family resurfaces? When Tess and Jack visit the Millers for Christmas, how will insecurity, a sense of missed opportunities, and the need for redemption test their relationship? When a terrible accident threatens everything in an instant, will they learn the true meaning of unconditional love? Their loved ones are along for the ride: Omar, Tess’s sarcastic best friend who calls her Butterfly; the female president of the United States, with whom Tess talks politics and bakes cookies; Joe, Jack’s friend from the Bureau who understands the sacrifices he’s made; Bobby and Gina, their younger friends who never fail to lighten the mood; and the Miller family. Constellations is a novel about family – those into which we’re born and those we create – the human desire to belong and feel connected, the true nature of intimacy, and the power of love to heal and redeem. Written as unfolding action, Constellations is a poignant novel that moves fluidly between melancholy, humor, and joy. It can be read entirely for pleasure, selected for book clubs, or used as supplemental reading in a variety of courses in communication, psychology, social work, sociology, or women’s studies/gender studies.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aWomen _xAttitudes _xFiction.
650		0	_aWomen _xAttitudes.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tConstellations, _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill | Sense, 2021 _z9789004461970
830		0	_aSocial Fictions Series ; _v41.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004461987
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