The Dearly Beloved: A Novel
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)
Author:
Published:
S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books 2019
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Status:
Checked Out
Description
"This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever." —Jenna Bush Hager (A Today show "Read with Jenna" Book Club Selection!)
This "moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change" (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice) traces two married couples whose lives become entangled when the husbands become copastors at a famed New York city congregation in the 1960s.
Charles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet in Greenwich Village in 1963 when Charles and James are jointly hired to steward the historic Third Presbyterian Church through turbulent times. Their personal differences however, threaten to tear them apart.
Charles is destined to succeed his father as an esteemed professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about faith leads him to ministry. How then, can he fall in love with Lily—fiercely intellectual, elegantly stern—after she tells him with certainty that she will never believe in God? And yet, how can he not?
James, the youngest son in a hardscrabble Chicago family, spent much of his youth angry at his alcoholic father and avoiding his anxious mother. Nan grew up in Mississippi, the devout and beloved daughter of a minister and a debutante. James's escape from his desperate circumstances leads him to Nan and, despite his skepticism of hope in all its forms, her gentle, constant faith changes the course of his life.
In The Dearly Beloved, Cara wall reminds us of "the power of the novel in its simplest, richest form: bearing intimate witness to human beings grappling with their faith and falling in love," (Entertainment Weekly, A-) as we follow these two couples through decades of love and friendship, jealousy and understanding, forgiveness and commitment. Against the backdrop of turbulent changes facing the city and the church's congregation, Wall offers a poignant meditation on faith and reason, marriage and children, and the ways we find meaning in our lives. The Dearly Beloved is a gorgeous, wise, and provocative novel that is destined to become a classic.
This "moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change" (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice) traces two married couples whose lives become entangled when the husbands become copastors at a famed New York city congregation in the 1960s.
Charles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet in Greenwich Village in 1963 when Charles and James are jointly hired to steward the historic Third Presbyterian Church through turbulent times. Their personal differences however, threaten to tear them apart.
Charles is destined to succeed his father as an esteemed professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about faith leads him to ministry. How then, can he fall in love with Lily—fiercely intellectual, elegantly stern—after she tells him with certainty that she will never believe in God? And yet, how can he not?
James, the youngest son in a hardscrabble Chicago family, spent much of his youth angry at his alcoholic father and avoiding his anxious mother. Nan grew up in Mississippi, the devout and beloved daughter of a minister and a debutante. James's escape from his desperate circumstances leads him to Nan and, despite his skepticism of hope in all its forms, her gentle, constant faith changes the course of his life.
In The Dearly Beloved, Cara wall reminds us of "the power of the novel in its simplest, richest form: bearing intimate witness to human beings grappling with their faith and falling in love," (Entertainment Weekly, A-) as we follow these two couples through decades of love and friendship, jealousy and understanding, forgiveness and commitment. Against the backdrop of turbulent changes facing the city and the church's congregation, Wall offers a poignant meditation on faith and reason, marriage and children, and the ways we find meaning in our lives. The Dearly Beloved is a gorgeous, wise, and provocative novel that is destined to become a classic.
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
Subjects
Subjects
More Details
Street Date:
08/13/2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781982104542
ASIN:
B07P5J6P57
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Cara Wall. (2019). The Dearly Beloved: A Novel. S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Cara Wall. 2019. The Dearly Beloved: A Novel. S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Cara Wall, The Dearly Beloved: A Novel. S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Cara Wall. The Dearly Beloved: A Novel. S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, 2019.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 1 | 0 |
| Northern Waters Library Service | 0 | 0 |
There are 5 holds on this title.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
9933c72a-69df-a727-d0b0-53e2977816a1
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Feb 09, 2021 15:29:53
Date Updated:
Oct 31, 2023 07:18:40
Last Metadata Check:
Apr 21, 2024 07:03:37
Last Metadata Change:
Nov 08, 2023 13:52:15
Last Availability Check:
Apr 21, 2024 07:03:38
Last Availability Change:
Apr 11, 2024 14:37:10
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Apr 25, 2024 04:39:12
OverDrive Product Record
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0439-1/{70EB086C-905E-413D-9746-F7D26EFCC1BC}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0439-1/{70EB086C-905E-413D-9746-F7D26EFCC1BC}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0439-1/{70EB086C-905E-413D-9746-F7D26EFCC1BC}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0439-1/{70EB086C-905E-413D-9746-F7D26EFCC1BC}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781982104542
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B07P5J6P57
- name: Kindle Book
- id: ebook-kindle
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781982104542
- name: OverDrive Read
- id: ebook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781982104535
- mediaType
- eBook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Cara Wall
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- The Dearly Beloved
- dateAdded
- 2019-09-13T22:15:00Z
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=80&titleID=4593075
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WI)
- id: 669
- sortTitle
- Dearly Beloved A Novel
- crossRefId
- 4593075
- subtitle
- A Novel
- id
- 70EB086C-905E-413D-9746-F7D26EFCC1BC
- starRating
- 3.8
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- formats
- fileName: TheDearlyBeloved_9781982104542_4593075
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 5478822
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781982104542
- rights:
- type: Copying
- value: 0
- type: Printing
- value: 0
- type: Lending
- value: 0
- type: ReadAloud
- value: 0
- type: ExpirationRights
- value: 0
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- onSaleDate: 8/13/2019
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=70eb086c-905e-413d-9746-f7d26efcc1bc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: TheDearlyBeloved_4593075
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B07P5J6P57
- name: Kindle Book
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-kindle
- onSaleDate: 8/13/2019
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=70eb086c-905e-413d-9746-f7d26efcc1bc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: TheDearlyBeloved_9781982104542_4593075
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781982104542
- name: OverDrive Read
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 8/13/2019
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=70eb086c-905e-413d-9746-f7d26efcc1bc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- keywords
- value: greenwich village
- value: Faith
- value: pastor
- value: parenting
- value: Autistic
- value: Religion
- value: agnostic
- value: autism
- value: NYC
- value: Presbyterian
- value: debut novel
- value: new york city
- value: Christianity
- value: autism spectrum
- value: Elizabeth Gilbert
- value: mothers day gift
- value: gilead
- value: book club pick
- value: gifts for women
- value: autism novel
- value: ann patchett
- value: autistic kids
- value: autism symptoms
- value: Marilynne Robinson
- value: best summer novel
- value: religious novel
- value: literary audiobooks
- value: jenna bush hager
- value: Matthew Thomas
- value: maile meloy
- value: audiofile earphones award
- value: award-winning audiobooks
- value: courtney sullivan
- value: 1960s New York
- value: #readwithjenna
- value: autism child
- value: fourth presbyterian church
- value: iowa writer's workshop
- value: parishoner
- value: presbyterian answers
- value: presbyterian hymnal
- value: summer 2019 debut novel
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: Wall, Cara
- bioText: Cara Wall is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop and Stanford University. While at Iowa, Cara taught fiction writing in the undergraduate creative writing department as well as at the Iowa Young Writer's Studio in her capacity of founder and inaugural director. She went on to teach middle school English and History, and has been published by Glamour, Salon, and The San Francisco Chronicle. She lives in New York City with her family.
- name: Cara Wall
- publishDate
- 2019-08-13T00:00:00-04:00
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- The Dearly Beloved
- fullDescription
- "This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever." —Jenna Bush Hager (A Today show "Read with Jenna" Book Club Selection!)
This "moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change" (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice) traces two married couples whose lives become entangled when the husbands become copastors at a famed New York city congregation in the 1960s.
Charles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet in Greenwich Village in 1963 when Charles and James are jointly hired to steward the historic Third Presbyterian Church through turbulent times. Their personal differences however, threaten to tear them apart.
Charles is destined to succeed his father as an esteemed professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about faith leads him to ministry. How then, can he fall in love with Lily—fiercely intellectual, elegantly stern—after she tells him with certainty that she will never believe in God? And yet, how can he not?
James, the youngest son in a hardscrabble Chicago family, spent much of his youth angry at his alcoholic father and avoiding his anxious mother. Nan grew up in Mississippi, the devout and beloved daughter of a minister and a debutante. James's escape from his desperate circumstances leads him to Nan and, despite his skepticism of hope in all its forms, her gentle, constant faith changes the course of his life.
In The Dearly Beloved, Cara wall reminds us of "the power of the novel in its simplest, richest form: bearing intimate witness to human beings grappling with their faith and falling in love," (Entertainment Weekly, A-) as we follow these two couples through decades of love and friendship, jealousy and understanding, forgiveness and commitment. Against the backdrop of turbulent changes facing the city and the church's congregation, Wall offers a poignant meditation on faith and reason, marriage and children, and the ways we find meaning in our lives. The Dearly Beloved is a gorgeous, wise, and provocative novel that is destined to become a classic. - popularity
- 1548
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BIwAAAA2a/products/70eb086c-905e-413d-9746-f7d26efcc1bc/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- self:
- id
- 70eb086c-905e-413d-9746-f7d26efcc1bc
- starRating
- 3.8
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0439-1/{70EB086C-905E-413D-9746-F7D26EFCC1BC}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0439-1/{70EB086C-905E-413D-9746-F7D26EFCC1BC}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0439-1/{70EB086C-905E-413D-9746-F7D26EFCC1BC}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0439-1/{70EB086C-905E-413D-9746-F7D26EFCC1BC}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- subjects
- value: Fiction
- value: Literature
- publishDateText
- 08/13/2019
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781982104535
- mediaType
- eBook
- shortDescription
- "This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever." —Jenna Bush Hager (A Today show "Read with Jenna" Book Club Selection!)
This "moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change" (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice) traces two married couples whose lives become entangled when the husbands become copastors at a famed New York city congregation in the 1960s.
Charles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet in Greenwich Village in 1963 when Charles and James are jointly hired to steward the historic Third Presbyterian Church through turbulent times. Their personal differences however, threaten to tear them apart.
Charles is destined to succeed his father as an esteemed professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about faith leads him to ministry. How then, can he fall in love with Lily—fiercely intellectual, elegantly stern—after she tells him... - sortTitle
- Dearly Beloved A Novel
- crossRefId
- 4593075
- subtitle
- A Novel
- publisher
- S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
- bisacCodes
- code: FIC008000
- description: Fiction / Sagas
- code: FIC019000
- description: Fiction / Literary
- code: FIC044000
- description: Fiction / Contemporary Women