Emily Maxwell Series by Stewart O'Nan

3.58 · 48 ratings
  • Henry, Himself (Emily Maxwell #0.5)
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    Henry, Himself (Emily Maxwell #0.5)

    Stewart O'Nan

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2019

    A member of the greatest generation looks back on the loves and losses of his past and comes to treasure the present anew in this poignant and thoughtful new novel from a modern masterStewart O’Nan is renowned for illuminating the unexpected grace of everyday life and the resilience of ordinary people with humor, intelligence, and compassion. In this prequel to the beloved Emily, Alone, he offers an unsentimental, moving life story of a twentieth-century everyman... more

  • Wish You Were Here (Emily Maxwell #1)
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    Wish You Were Here (Emily Maxwell #1)

    Stewart O'Nan

    Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2002

    Award-winning writer Stewart O'Nan has been acclaimed by critics as one of the most accomplished novelists writing today. Now comes his finest and most complete novel to date. A year after the death of her husband, Henry, Emily Maxwell gathers her family by Lake Chautauqua in western New York for what will be a last vacation at their summer cottage. Joining is her sister-in-law, who silently mourns the sale of the lake house, and a long-lost love... more

  • Emily, Alone (Emily Maxwell #2)
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    Emily, Alone (Emily Maxwell #2)

    Stewart O'Nan

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2011

    Once again making the ordinary and overlooked not merely visible but vital to understanding our own lives, Stewart O'Nan confirms his position as an American master with Emily, Alone. A sequel to the bestselling, much-beloved Wish You Were Here, O'Nan's intimate novel follows Emily Maxwell, a widow whose grown children have long departed. She dreams of visits from her grandchildren while mourning the turnover of her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood... more

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