
Addled
Joeann Hart(Author)
Little, Brown & Company (Publisher)
Published on 3. May 2007
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-316-01500-4 (ISBN)
Description
It's the 4th of July weekend and Charles Lambert is about to tee off and, he hopes, shake the doldrums that have been dogging him all year. But alas, his errant shot knocks out one of the geese that have taken up residence on the grounds, and sets in motion a series of events that will, by Labor Day, leave the club members and staff changed forever.
Charles is sent into a tailspin of a midlife crisis, his wife Madeline is soon abandoned by her tennis 'friends' who don't want to deal with her husband's oddities, and their militantly vegan daughter Phoebe returns from college hell-bent on changing the world, one country club at a time.
Then there's Gerard, the uptight club manager trying to rein in both the geese and his unruly membership, and finally there's Vita, the club chef, who regards every plate of food like a work of art.
Charles is sent into a tailspin of a midlife crisis, his wife Madeline is soon abandoned by her tennis 'friends' who don't want to deal with her husband's oddities, and their militantly vegan daughter Phoebe returns from college hell-bent on changing the world, one country club at a time.
Then there's Gerard, the uptight club manager trying to rein in both the geese and his unruly membership, and finally there's Vita, the club chef, who regards every plate of food like a work of art.
Reviews / Votes
JoAnn Hart is an accomplished writer, a writer with a mastery of the subtle, funny detail, a well-developed voice and stories to tell * Susan Cheever *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
749 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-316-01500-4 (9780316015004)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
JoeAnn Hart attended Harvard University and has an MFA from Bennington, where she studied under Lucy Grealy and Susan Cheever. A regular contributor to The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, she lives with her family in Massachusetts. This is her first novel.