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Seating arrangements [sound recording] / by Shipstead, Maggie. ;
Read by Arthur Morey. Winn Van Meter has a Harvard education, membership in all the right clubs, a pedigreed wife, and a tastefully understated summer home on a pristine New England island where the wedding of his eldest daughter, Daphne, is about to take place. The weather is idyllic and so, it would seem, is the gathering. But the three-day wedding weekend soon turns into a complete social disaster in every way imaginable.
Subjects: Audiobooks. ; Love stories.; Weddings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Astonish me [large print] / by Shipstead, Maggie.(CARDINAL)399895;
This is the story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps Soviet ballet star Arslan Rusakov defect in 1975. A flash of fame and a passionate affair follow, but Joan knows that, onstage and off, she's destined for the background. Joan quits ballet, marries a good man, and settles in California with him and their son, Harry. But as the years pass, Joan comes to understand that ballet isn't finished with her yet -- for there is no mistaking that Harry is a prodigy.
Subjects: Large print books.; Domestic fiction.; Ballerinas; Secrecy; Secrecy.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Seating arrangements / by Shipstead, Maggie.(CARDINAL)399895;
"Winn Van Meter is heading for his family's retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a haven of calm, for the next three days this sanctuary will be overrun by tipsy revelers as Winn prepares for the marriage of his daughter Daphne to the affable young scion Greyson Duff. Winn's wife, Biddy, has planned the wedding with military precision, but arrangements are side swept by a storm of salacious misbehavior and intractable lust: Daphne's sister, Livia, who has recently had her heart broken by Teddy Fenn, the son of her father's oldest rival, is an eager target for the seductive wiles of Greyson's best man; Winn, instead of reveling in his patriarchal duties, is tormented by his long-standing crush on Daphne's beguiling bridesmaid Agatha; and the bride and groom find themselves presiding over a spectacle of misplaced desire, marital infidelity, and monumental loss of faith in the rituals of American life"--Dust jacket.
Subjects: Fiction.; Weddings;
Available copies: 33 / Total copies: 39
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Astonish me / by Shipstead, Maggie.(CARDINAL)399895;
"From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel Seating Arrangements, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize: a gorgeously written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the passionate, political world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a ballerina whose life has been shaped by her relationship with the world-famous dancer Arslan Ruskov, whom she helps defect from the Soviet Union to the U.S. While Arslan's career takes off in New York, Joan's slowly declines, ending when she becomes pregnant and decides to marry her longtime admirer, a PhD student named Jacob. As the years pass, Joan settles into her new life in California, teaching dance and watching her son, Harry, become a ballet prodigy himself. But when Harry's success brings him into close contact with Arslan, explosive secrets are revealed that shatter the delicate balance Joan has struck between her past and present. In graceful, inimitable prose, Shipstead draws us into the lives of her lovably tempestuous characters. Filled with intrigue, hilarious satire, and emotional nuance, Astonish Me is a brilliant investigation into the bonds that hold us, despite the distancing of time and geography"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Ballerinas; Family secrets; Secrecy; Secrecy.;
Available copies: 28 / Total copies: 32
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Great circle [large print] / by Shipstead, Maggie,author.(CARDINAL)399895;
"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana...At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons...it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe...A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's disappearance over the South Pacific...Her immersion into the character of Marian unfolds, thrillingly, alongside Marian's own story, as the two womens' fates collide"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Historical fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Rescues; Women air pilots; Disappeared persons;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13
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Great circle / by Shipstead, Maggie,author.(CARDINAL)399895;
"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Montana. There--after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes--Marian commences a lifelong love affair with flight. At fourteen she drops out of school and finds an unexpected patron in a wealthy bootlegger, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe by flying over the North and South Poles. A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film centered on her disappearance in Antarctica. Scandal-plagued and trapped in her role as a Hollywood wild child, Hadley is eager to redefine herself after getting fired from a romantic film franchise. Her immersion into the character of Marian unfolds alongside Marian's own story, as the two women's destinies--and their hunger for self-determination in vastly different places and times--collide. Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told, Great Circle is an astounding feat of storytelling and an exhilarating tour de force."--Back cover.
Subjects: Fiction.; Rescues; Women air pilots; Disappeared persons; Actresses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Astonish me [sound recording] / by Shipstead, Maggie.; Lowman, Rebecca.;
Read by Rebecca Lowman.Joan is a ballerina whose life has been shaped by her relationship with the world-famous dancer Arslan Ruskov, whom she helps defect from the Soviet Union to the United States. While Arslan's career takes off, Joan's slowly declines, ending when she marries her longtime admirer, PhD student Jacob. As the years pass, Joan settles into her new life in California and watches her son Harry become a ballet prodigy. But when Harry's success brings him in contact with Arslan, secrets are revealed.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Ballerinas; Secrecy;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Seating arrangements [sound recording] by Shipstead, Maggie.; Morey, Arthur.nrt;
Read by Arthur Morey.Winn Van Meter has a Harvard education, membership in all the right clubs, a pedigreed wife, and a tastefully understated summer home on a pristine New England island where the wedding of his eldest daughter, Daphne, is about to take place. The weather is idyllic and so, it would seem, is the gathering. But the three-day wedding weekend soon turns into a complete social disaster in every way imaginable.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Love stories.; Weddings;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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El Gran Círculo / by Shipstead, Maggie,autor,author.(CARDINAL)399895; Aguiriano, Paula,traductor.(CARDINAL)799897;
Subjects: Novels.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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You have a friend in 10A / by Shipstead, Maggie,author.;
"In this collection of stories, Maggie Shipstead dives into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll, and illuminating a cast of indelible characters, Shipstead traverses ordinary and unusual realities with cunning, compassion, and wit. In "Acknowledgments," a male novelist reminisces bitterly on the woman who inspired his first novel, attempting to make peace with his humiliations before the book goes to print. In "The Cowboy Tango," spanning decades in the open country of Montana, a triangle of love and self-preservation plays out among an aging rancher called the Otter, his nephew, and a young woman named Sammy who works the horses."--
Subjects: Short stories.; Interpersonal relations; Friendship; Friendships.;
Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 30
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