When Madeline Was Young

By: Jane Hamilton

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Paperback | 4 September 2007

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Jane Hamilton, award-winning author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World brings us a rich and loving novel about a non-traditional family in the aftermath of a terrible accident.When Aaron Maciver's beautiful young wife, Madeline, suffers a head injury in a bicycle crash, she is left with the mental capabilities of a six-year-old. In the years that follow, Aaron and his second wife care for Madeline with deep tenderness and devotion as they raise two children of their own. Inspired in part by Elizabeth Spencer's Light in the Piazza, Hamilton offers an honest and exquisite portrait of how a family tragedy forever shapes the boundaries of love.

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"Mesmerizing. . . . Bittersweet, funny. . . . Hamilton affirms her status as one of our most magnetic and provocative novelists." --The Chicago Tribune"Among the most graceful and thoughtful writers to work the fertile ground that is the Midwestern family." --The Atlantic Monthly "Utterly elevating and joyful, a long spiritual drink in a parched landscape." --The Washington Post"A study in grace and compassion." --The Boston Globe"Hamilton's new novel is not to be forgotten." --USA Today

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