Blessings -- Anna Quindlen, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A well-told story of love and redemption" (The Washington Post Book World) from the bestselling author of Still Life with Bread Crumbs

"A polished gem of a novel . . . lovingly crafted, beautifully written."--The Miami Herald

Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard house on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives of those who live and work at Blessings are changed forever. Skip Cuddy, the caretaker, finds a baby girl asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep her, 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.

Blessings is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and personal change by a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.

Author: Anna Quindlen
Publisher: Random House Group
Published: 08/19/2003
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.08w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780812969818

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 65578 / Blessings


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/14/2003 pg. 28
Kliatt 01/01/2004 pg. 19

About the Author
Anna Quindlen is the author of many bestselling books, including the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Rise and Shine, the #1 bestselling memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, and A Short Guide to a Happy Life. Her other novels include Blessings, One True Thing, the Oprah Book Club Selection Black and Blue, and Still Life with Bread Crumbs.