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Blessings a novel

The story of Skip Cuddy, the Blessings caretaker, who finds a baby asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep her, and of matriarch Lydia Blessing, who, for her own reasons, decides to help him, Blessings explores how the secrets of the past affect decisions and lives in the present; what makes a person, a life, legitimate or illegitimate, and who decides; the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community. This is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and personal change by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer about whom The Washington Post Book World said, "Quindlen knows that all the things we ever will be can be found in some forgotten fragment of family."

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  • "When a baby is left on their doorstep, the lives of elderly, town matriarch Lydia Blessing and her down-and-out caretaker, Skip, are transformed. Skip wants to keep the baby and is surprised when Lydia wants to help. Together, they decide to keep the baby a secret between them-- and we discover that they have secrets of their own, secrets of the past that have made them who they are today."
  • "The story of Skip Cuddy, caretaker of the Blessings estate, who finds a baby asleep in a box and decides to keep her, and of matriarch Lydia Blessing, who decides to help him. Includes discussion guide and author interview."
  • "Ancien délinquant repenti, Skip découvre un bébé abandonné devant la porte de la demeure de Lydia, quatre-vingts ans, dont il est l'homme à tout faire. A eux trois, ils forment bientôt une famille improbable que de lourds secrets et la réapparition de la mère du bébé risqueront de faire voler en éclats."
  • "The story of Skip Cuddy, the Blessings caretaker, who finds a baby asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep her, and of matriarch Lydia Blessing, who, for her own reasons, decides to help him, Blessings explores how the secrets of the past affect decisions and lives in the present; what makes a person, a life, legitimate or illegitimate, and who decides; the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community. This is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and personal change by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer about whom The Washington Post Book World said, "Quindlen knows that all the things we ever will be can be found in some forgotten fragment of family.""@en
  • "An estate caretaker decides to keep the baby he finds on the house's doorstep and is helped by the owner of the estate."@en
  • "The story of the love of two people who find a baby asleep in a box and decide to keep her."
  • "Jack The Bookman April 2004."
  • "Skip Cuddy, caretaker of the Blessing estate, finds a baby asleep in a box and decides he wants to keep her. The secrets of the past, how they affect the decisions and lives of people in the present are at the center of this work."@en
  • "Skip Cuddy, caretaker of the Blessing estate, finds a baby asleep in a box and decides he wants to keep her. The secrets of the past, how they affect the decisions and lives of people in the present are at the center of this work."
  • "A teenage couple leave their baby at an estate called Blessings where the caretaker and the estate owner decide to raise the child."
  • "Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard home on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives of those who live and work there are changed forever. Skip Cuddy, the caretaker, finds a baby girl asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep the child, while Lydia Blessing, the matriarch of the estate, for her own reasons, agrees to help him. Blessings explores how the secrets of the past affect decisions and lives in the present; what makes a person or a life legitimate or illegitimate and who decides; and the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community. This is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and personal change by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer about whom The Washington Post Book World said, "Quindlen knows that all the things we ever will be can be found in some forgotten fragment of family.""@en
  • "When a teenage couple abandons their baby at the gate of the estate owned by Lydia Blessing, Skip Cuddy, the estate caretaker, decides to raise the child himself, a decision that has a profound effect on the lives of everyone in the community."@en
  • "When a teenage couple abandons their baby at the gate of the estate owned by Lydia Blessing, Skip Cuddy, the estate caretaker, decides to raise the child himself, a decision that has a profound effect on the lives of everyone in the community."
  • "Lives are changed forever when a teenage couple leave the baby they cannot keep in a box on the grounds of the Blessings estate, and caretaker Skip Cuddy, aided by matriarch Lydia Blessing, decides to keep and raise the infant."@en
  • "Skip Cuddy, caretaker of the Blessing estate, finds a baby asleep in a box and decides he wants to keep her."@en
  • "Late at night a teenage couple drives up to the estate owned by Lydia Blessing and leaves a box. In this instant, the world of the estate called Blessings is changed forever. The story of Skip Cuddy, the Blessings caretaker, who finds a baby asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep her, and of matriarch Lydia Blessing, who, for her own reasons, decides to help him, Blessings explores how the secrets of the past affect decisions and lives in the present; what makes a person, a life, legitimate or illegitimate, and who decides; the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community."
  • "Door de komst van een te vondeling gelegde baby verandert het leven van een oude vrouw en een jongeman drastisch."
  • "One night a young couple sneak onto the estate of wealthy Lydia Blessing and leave a box in the driveway. In the box is a baby, and Skip Cuddy, the caretaker who finds her, decides secretly to keep her. When Lydia Blessing discovers this she has choices to make, as she had many years before. The secrets of the past, how they influence people in the present; what makes a person, a life, legitimate or illegitimate, and who decides; the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community - all are at the centre of this novel."

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  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Roman familial"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Large type books"

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  • "L'enfant sourira peut-etre"
  • "Des Lebens Fülle : Roman"
  • "Des Lebens Fülle Roman"
  • "Posiadłość blessingów"
  • "A casa dos blessings"
  • "Barnet på Blessings"@da
  • "Blessings a novel"
  • "Blessings a novel"@en
  • "Blessings : a novel / Anna Quindlen"
  • "L'enfant sourira peut-être : roman"
  • "Blessings: A Novel"
  • "Zegeningen"
  • "Blessings"
  • "Blessings"@en
  • "Posiadłość Blessingów"@pl
  • "Vuodet kuin kuiskaus"@fi
  • "L'Enfant sourira peut-être"
  • "Blessings : a novel"@en
  • "Blessings : a novel"
  • "L'enfant sourira peut-être"

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