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Surrender, Dorothy

by Meg Wolitzer

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Publisher Comments:

For years, Sara Swerdlow was transported by an unfettered sense of immortality. Floating along on loving friendships and the adoration of her mother, Natalie, Sara's notion of death was entirely alien to her existence. But when a summer night's drive out for ice cream ends in tragedy, thirty-year-old Sara — "held aloft and shimmering for years" — finally lands.

Mining the intricate relationship between love and mourning, acclaimed novelist Meg Wolitzer explores a single, overriding question: who, finally, "owns" the excruciating loss of this young woman — her mother or her closest friends? Depicting the aftermath of Sara's shocking death with piercing humor and shattering realism, Surrender, Dorothy is the luminously thoughtful, deeply moving exploration of what it is to be a mother and a friend, and, above all, what it takes to heal from unthinkable loss.

Review:

"There is an appealing delicacy to [Wolitzer's] writing and a skillful exploitation of the almost invisible neuroses of the people who pass through her pages." The New York Times, Richard Bernstein

Review:

"[Wolitzer's] seamless prose and light touch animates an exquisitely wrought story about the sudden death of a charming 30-year-old woman....Wolitzer enchants with wholly realized characters and a sly narrative voice." Publishers Weekly

Synopsis:

When tragedy occurs, Sara's sense of immortality disappears. Surrender, Dorothy is a lyrical, thoughtful exploration of what it means to be a friend and a mother, what it means to grow up, and, above all, what it takes to heal.

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About the Author

Meg Wolitzer's novels include Sleepwalking; This Is Your Life; Surrender, Dorothy; and The Wife. She lives in New York City.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780671042547

Subtitle:

A Novel

Author:

Wolitzer, Meg

Publisher:

Scribner

Location:

New York

Subject:

General

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Friendship

Subject:

Children

Subject:

Mothers and daughters

Subject:

Young women

Subject:

Gay men

Subject:

Psychological fiction

Subject:

Traffic accidents

Subject:

Long island

Subject:

Conflict of generations

Subject:

Domestic fiction

Subject:

Loss

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

Long Island (N.Y.)

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Copyright:

2000

Edition Description:

B102

Series Volume:

no. 761

Publication Date:

July 2000

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

240

Dimensions:

8.25 x 5.31 in 7.385 oz

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Product details 240 pages Scribner Book Company - 0- English 9780671042547 Reviews:

"Review" by The New York Times, Richard Bernstein, "There is an appealing delicacy to [Wolitzer's] writing and a skillful exploitation of the almost invisible neuroses of the people who pass through her pages."

"Review" by Publishers Weekly, "[Wolitzer's] seamless prose and light touch animates an exquisitely wrought story about the sudden death of a charming 30-year-old woman....Wolitzer enchants with wholly realized characters and a sly narrative voice."

"Synopsis" by Ingram, When tragedy occurs, Sara's sense of immortality disappears. Surrender, Dorothy is a lyrical, thoughtful exploration of what it means to be a friend and a mother, what it means to grow up, and, above all, what it takes to heal.