Walking on Air: A Novel

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Synopsis
William Addams is dying. Controlling, mercurial, and estranged from his family, he is consumed by the fear that he'll be abandoned by Henry and Susan, his closest friends, the only people on whom he can rely.What he wants is for their faithfulness to last until they take him home to his beloved house to die. But as William's condition worsens, it becomes apparent that his expectations of devotion and loyalty involve not simply a loving commitment but the virtual handing over of his friends' vitality and independence; indeed, William covets their very lives.Filled with penetrating insights and dazzling beauty, Walking on Air explores the shadowy, often disturbing parameters of devotion, demonstrating its inevitable limits as well as its astounding powers of transformation.
Copyright:
1995

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
272 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780061758492
Related ISBNs:
9780060511319
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
R. S. Jones.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Romance, Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Medicine
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Introduction by:
Russell Banks

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