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A Novel
Little Brown and Company
March 2009
On Sale: March 9, 2009
208 pages
ISBN: 0316036129
EAN: 9780316036122
Hardcover
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Early one summer morning, Matthew Bishop kisses his
still-sleeping wife Marissa, gets dressed and eases his
truck through Milwaukee, bound for the highway. His wife,
pregnant with their first child, has asked him to find the
antique cradle taken years before by her mother Caroline
when she abandoned Marissa, never to contact her daughter
again. Soon to be a mother herself, Marissa now dreams of
nothing else but bringing her baby home to the cradle she
herself slept in. His wife does not know-does not want to
know-where her mother lives, but Matt has an address for
Caroline's sister near by and with any luck, he will be home
in time for dinner. Only as Matt tries to track down his wife's mother, he
discovers that Caroline, upon leaving Marissa, has led a
life increasingly plagued by impulse and irrationality, a
mysterious life that grows more inexplicable with each new
lead Matt gains, and door he enters. As hours turn into days
and Caroline's trail takes Matt from Wisconsin to Minnesota,
Illinois, and beyond in search of the cradle, Matt makes a
discovery that will forever change Marissa's life, and faces
a decision that will challenge everything he has ever known. Elegant and astonishing, Patrick Somerville tells the story
of one man's journey into the heart of marriage, parenthood,
and what it means to be a family. Confirming the arrival of
an exuberantly talented new writer, THE CRADLE is an
uniquely imaginative debut novel that radiates with wisdom
and wonder.
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