"When Leonard Strickland dies unexpectedly of a heart attack, it brings together the three women in his life: his wife, Nell, and his two daughters, Cate and Lydia. As they grieve for the father and husband they've lost, the three look back on their lives, assessing the past, measuring their strengths and weaknesses, recalling the men they've known and the choices they've made. For Cate and Lydia, the death of their father came at a time when both their lives were in the midst of changing: Lydia has left her husband, and Cate faces losing her job at the small Midwestern college where she teaches -- Description by Nancy Pearl."
"Gros roman plus de caractères que de moeurs. Publié en 1982, il saura plaire à tous lecteurs de feuilletons bien faits. L'histoire, à la fois drôle et tragique, sentimentale et intelligente, de trois femmes à la suite de la disparition de l'homme de leur vie."
"A portrait of the continued growth of three women following the death of their husband and father."
"After the unexpected death of Leonard Strickland, his wife Nell and daughters Cate and Lydia are left facing the unknown."
"After the unexpected death of Leonard Strickland, his wife Nell and daughters Cate and Lydia are left facing the unknown.--Source other than Library of Congress."