Charles Baxter
Author
Publisher
Phoenix Audio
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Young-marrieds Saul, a transplanted Baltimore Jew, and Patsy move to Five Oaks from Evanston, Ill. When Saul is hired to teach at the local high school. One of Saul's students, a mildly retarded boy named Gordy, takes to haunting their house, maybe with malicious intent, maybe not. Blamed by some for the boy's death after the boy commits suicide, Saul must struggle against community hostility.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From National Book Award finalist and "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune), Charles Baxter, a timely and unsettling new novel about the people drawn to and unmoored by a local activist group more dangerous than it appears. Brettigan's son, a once promising actor, has gone missing, and despite the fact that his wife, Alma, knows he left on purpose, she has been searching for him all over the city. She checks the usual places, churches,...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Bradley is the owner of a coffee shop in Oregon. He thinks his marriage is idyllic, that is until his wife, Kathryn, leaves him for another woman. One of Bradley's baristas falls head over heels for a girl who comes looking for a job, but his abusive father spells trouble for the relationship. Finally, a professor and his wife struggle to find purpose in life in the aftermath of a personal tragedy.