Wish You Were Here

By Stewart O'Nan
(Grove Press, Paperback, 9780802139894, 528pp.)

Publication Date: April 2003

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Award-winning writer O'Nan has been acclaimed by critics as one of the most accomplished novelists writing today. Now comes "his most complete work to date, filled with the type of life lessons that the best fiction has to offer and from an author firmly in control of his art" (Rob Stout, "Orlando Sentinel").

What It's Like To Be An Elderly Widow, All 'Alone'

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Stewart O'Nan's moodily comic novel Emily, Alone follows an 80-year-old woman as she navigates the minutia of everyday life. O'Nan explains how he got inside Emily's head â?? and why he wanted to write about the daily indignities of getting older. More at NPR.org

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The Joy Of The Mundane In 'Emily, Alone'

Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011

In his new novel, Emily, Alone, Stewart O'Nan explores the topics of widowhood and old age â?? but the book never feels stale, says Fresh Air's Maureen Corrigan. Instead, it is a charming, quiet meditation on getting older. More at NPR.org

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