| International Standard Book Number |
9780063377714 (electronic book)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780063377684 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063377683 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780063377691 (trade paperback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063377691 (trade paperback)
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| Personal Name |
Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix, author.
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| Title Statement |
Lake effect : a novel / Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
273 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"It's 1977 and an air of restlessness has settled on the residents of Cambridge Road in Rochester, New York, a place long fueled by the booming fortunes of Kodak and Xerox and, for some, the mores of the Catholic church. When Nina Larkin is given a copy of The Joy of Sex by her newly divorced friend, she can no longer dismiss the nearly nonexistent intimacy of her marriage. Just as her oldest child, Clara, is falling in love for the first time, Nina finds herself longing for the forbidden: a midlife awakening. An intoxicating fling with a prominent neighbor brings Nina a freedom she never thought possible -- but also risks the reputations of both families and unravels Clara's world, just as she stands on the threshold of adulthood. Years later, Clara, now a successful food stylist in New York City, has never been able to move past the long-ago scandal. Drawn back home by the pull of a family wedding and wrestling with her own demons, she makes a pivotal decision that turns her life upside down. Written with Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's signature humor and insight, Lake Effect is a wise and probing look at love and desire, mothers and daughters, loss and grief, and what we owe the people we love most"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Summary, Etc. |
A woman in 1970s Rochester begins to question the lack of intimacy in her marriage, leading to an affair that disrupts both her family and that of a neighbor. The fallout deeply affects her daughter, Clara, whose coming-of-age is shaped by the scandal and its long-lasting emotional impact. Decades later, Clara -- now living in New York -- returns home for a family wedding and confronts unresolved grief, desire, and family history. The novel traces how one impulsive choice reverberates across generations, exploring themes of love, loss, mother-daughter relationships, and the search for personal fulfillment.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Self-actualization (Psychology) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Divorce Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Families Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mothers and daughters Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Adultery Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
New York (N.Y.) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Rochester (N.Y.) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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