Lincoln in the bardo : a novel / George Saunders.
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TextPublication details: New York : Random House, [2017]Edition: 1st edDescription: 341 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780812995343Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction | Lincoln, William Wallace, 1850-1862 -- Fiction | Presidents -- United States -- Fiction | Grief -- FictionGenre/Form: Biographical fiction. | Historical fiction.DDC classification: 813/.54 LOC classification: PS3569.A7897 | L56 2017Summary: "February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery ... Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance."--Provided by publisher.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/SAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500060024 |
Library Journal Starred, October 2016
Booklist starred, October 2016
Pub Weekly, August 2016
Kirkus Starred, April 2016
New York Times, February 2017
"February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery ... Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance."--Provided by publisher.
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