Beautyland
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780374109288, 0374109281
Status
Milton Public Library - New Materials Area
F BER
1 available
F BER
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Milton Public Library - New Materials Area | F BER | On Shelf |
Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Brownell Library - New Materials Area | F BERTINO | On Shelf | |
Carpenter-Carse Library - New Materials Area | FIC Bertino | Checked Out | May 8, 2024 |
Fletcher Free Library - 1st Floor-Main - New Materials Area | F BERTINO, MARIE-HELENE | Checked Out | May 10, 2024 |
Gilbert Hart Library - Adult Fiction | F Bertino, M | On Shelf | |
Ilsley Public Library - New Materials Area | Fiction Bertino | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
Physical Desc
326 pages 21 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780374109288, 0374109281
Notes
General Note
"Originated as a story in Bertino's first book, Safe as Houses, called 'Sometimes You Break Their Hearts, Sometimes They Break Yours' (University of Iowa, 2021)"--Publisher.
Description
From the acclaimed author of Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland is a wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth. At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different: She possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of Earthlings. For years, as she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. Then, at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone? Marie-Helene Bertino's Beautyland is a novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life on our Earth and in our universe. It is a remarkable evocation of the feeling of being in exile at home, and it introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times."--,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bertino, M. (2024). Beautyland (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bertino, Marie-Helene. 2024. Beautyland. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bertino, Marie-Helene. Beautyland Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bertino, Marie-Helene. Beautyland First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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