Full name: The Obituary Writer: A Novel

Author: Ann Hood Year: 2013 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon LibraryThing Goodreads ISBNs: 9780393346770 0393346773

On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamor of Jackie, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless but secure marriage or to follow the man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier, in 1919, Vivien Lowe, an obituary writer, is searching for her lover, who disappeared in the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. By telling the stories of the dead, Vivien not only helps others cope with their grief but also begins to understand the devastation of her own terrible loss. The surprising connection between these two women will change Claire's life in unexpected and extraordinary ways. Part literary mystery and part love story, The Obituary Writer examines expectations of marriage and love, the roles of wives and mothers, and the emotions of grief, regret, and hope. Similar books: The Immigrants by Howard Fast The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert Domino by Ross King Annapolis by William Martin The Coin of Carthage by Bryher The Earthly Paradise by C. S. Forester Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler Henry and Clara by Thomas Mallon Foxfire by Anya Seton Poison by Kathryn Harrison Heyday by Kurt Andersen A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies by Ellen Cooney Extravagance by Gary Krist The Real Minerva by Mary Sharratt The Return of Little Big Man by Thomas Berger The Help by Kathryn Stockett A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd