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020    9781476729992|q(hardcover) 
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092    |fF|aPOISSANT 
100 1  Poissant, David James,|eauthor. 
245 10 Lake life /|cDavid James Poissant. 
250    First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSimon & Schuster,|c2020. 
300    293 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "The Starling family is scattered across the country. 
       Parents Richard and Lisa live in Ithaca, New York, and 
       work at Cornell University. Their son Michael, a shoe 
       salesman, resides with his elementary school teacher wife,
       Diane, in Dallas. His brother, Thad, an aspiring poet, 
       makes his home in New York City with his famous painter 
       boyfriend, Jake. But for years they've reunited for 
       vacation each summer at their North Carolina lake house. 
       Now that's about to end, as Richard and Lisa have decided 
       to retire, move to Florida, and sell the lake house. 
       Before they do, the group will spend one final weekend at 
       the lake. However, what's supposed to be a joyous farewell
       takes a nightmarish turn when they witness a neighbor boy 
       drown. The stress of this tragedy unlooses a series 
       dramatic revelations among the Starlings: Michael's 
       alcoholism, Thad's and Jake's open relationship, Richard's
       infidelity, Diane's pregnancy, Lisa's loss of a daughter 
       before the birth of her two sons. As the weekend unfolds, 
       the family's strength is tested, and each member is forced
       to reckon with who they are and what they want out of 
       life. Set in contemporary America, Lake Life is a 
       sprawling domestic novel in the mold of John Updike's 
       Rabbit series, Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections and 
       Elizabeth Stroud's Olive Kitteridge"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Drowning victims|vFiction. 
650  0 Vacations|zNorth Carolina|vFiction. 
650  0 Families|vFiction. 
655  7 Domestic fiction.|2lcgft