1998, ISBN: 9780375404085

Peggy Loraine Schwartz was nineteen years old when she gave birth to twin boys in a small town in Pennsylvania in the August heat of 1950. When she died sixteen days after her babies were… More...

Peggy Loraine Schwartz was nineteen years old when she gave birth to twin boys in a small town in Pennsylvania in the August heat of 1950. When she died sixteen days after her babies were born, her young husband was cast into a bottomless sorrow. The love that he had shared with Peggy had been so new and exquisite that in order to go on beyond the dreadful confusion and loneliness of his loss, in order to live without her, he had to forget her.She was lost to her sons as well. For nearly fifty years they never knew who she was, what she stood for and how she had loved them in their brief moment together.In the winter of 1998, the young boy Peggy had married was seventy-four years old, living only a few miles from where they had danced on Saturday nights after the war. Now he was caught in a terrible irony. For years he had tried to forget Peggy in order to survive her loss, and now that he was losing his own life, he wanted desperately to recall her (cancer had struck him down). With time running out, one of Peggy's sons set out in search of her.After A Long Silence is the story of his journey, a journey that took him into the lives of all the people who had known his mother and the places where she was still remembered. He found her closest friends from high school, the elderly women who had been bridesmaids at her wedding, teachers who had known her as a child. He retraced her steps: to the basement her friends had decorated for a surprise engagement party, the apartment on Broad Street she had shared with his father after their honeymoon, the house where she had kissed her babies goodbye on the last morning of her life, the hospital room where she had died. And, remarkably,to a face to face meeting with the doctor who had seen Peggy through her doomed pregnancy. This meeting revealed the secret of her untimely death -- a secret she had taken to her grave.In the end, this book is the fulfillment of a son's dream to bring into the world the voice of the young girl who had given him her life. Media > Book, [PU: Random House]<

ISBN: 0375404082

Don Snyder was sixteen days old when his mother died in a small Pennsylvania town in the summer of 1950. She was a girl of nineteen. In order to survive the heartbreak of her death, those… More...

Don Snyder was sixteen days old when his mother died in a small Pennsylvania town in the summer of 1950. She was a girl of nineteen. In order to survive the heartbreak of her death, those who loved her best kept the memories of her hidden away, and Don grew up knowing nothing about her. Almost half a century later, with his father's health failing, Don set out to discover who his mother was and how she had loved his father, so that Don might return to his father now, at the end of his life, the unremembered love story from his youth. This book, which more than equals the power and the feeling of his much admired memoir,The Cliff Walk, is the story of his journey. It is a journey that carried him deep into the lives of the people who had known his motherher closest friends from high school, her childhood teachers, the elderly women who had been her bridesmaids. It brought him to the apartment she had shared with her adored young husband, to the hospital of his own birth, to the stunning secret of his mother's deathand ultimately it gave back to him the lost world, voice, and being of this young woman who had given him life. arts and literature,authors,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,fiction,literature and fiction Biographies, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group<

1999, ISBN: 9780375404085

New York, NY Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, 1999. Hardcover First Edition (1999), so stated. First Edition (1999), so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minu… More...

New York, NY Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, 1999. Hardcover First Edition (1999), so stated. First Edition (1999), so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows a hint of shelving wear along the bottom edge of the boards; an extremely superficial 'ding" at the top of the front board; else flawless; the binding leans ever so slightly while remaining perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text.. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to "As New". The DJ shows the very mildest rubbing to the panels; else flawless; the price unclipped. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.95 x 1.05 inches). 287 pages. Language: English. Weight: 19.5 ounces. Deckle Fore-Edge. Hardback with DJ. , Alfred A. Knopf: Borzoi Books, 1999., 0<

ISBN: 9780375404085

Knopf. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy… More...

Knopf. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Knopf<

ISBN: 9780375404085

Knopf. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy… More...

Knopf. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Knopf<