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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999.     Subjects     Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999.     Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999 -- Correspondence.     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.     Catholics -- United States -- Biography.     Catholics -- United States -- Correspondence.     Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Biography.     Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Correspondence.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999.       by title:      Suitable accommodati...      Correspondence. Sele...       by call number:      921 P8882s     Search the Web     Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999.     Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999.     Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999 -- Correspondence.     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.     Catholics -- United States -- Biography.     Catholics -- United States -- Correspondence.     Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Biography.     Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Correspondence.       MARC Display

Suitable accommodations : an autobiographical story of family life : the letters of J. F. Powers, 1942-1963 / edited by Katherine A. Powers. by Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013. Call #: 921 P8882s Subjects Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999.   Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999 -- Correspondence.   Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography   Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.   Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.   Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.   Catholics -- United States -- Biography.   Catholics -- United States -- Correspondence.   Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Biography.   Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Correspondence. ISBN:  9780374268060 (hc.) 0374268061 (hc.) Uniform title:  Correspondence. Selections. Edition:  First edition. Description:  xxiii, 450 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "Best known for his 1963 National Book Award-winning novel, Morte D'Urban, and as a master of the short story -- Powers's fiction dwelt chiefly on the lives of Catholic priests, though he long planned to write a novel of family life, a feat he never accomplished. He did, however, write thousands of letters, which, selected here by his daughter, Katherine A. Powers, become an intimate version of that novel, dynamic with plot and character. They show a dedicated artist, passionate lover, reluctant family man, pained aesthete, sports fan, and appreciative friend. At times wrenching and sad, at others ironic and exuberantly funny -- the story of a man at odds with the world and, despite his faith, with his church. Beginning in prison, where Powers spent more than a year as a conscientious objector, the letters move on to his courtship, marriage, comically unsuccessful attempt to live in the woods, life in the Midwest and in Ireland, an unorthodox view of the Catholic Church, and an increasingly bizarre search for 'suitable accommodations,' which included three full-scale emigrations to Ireland."--Publisher's website. Other authors:  Powers, Katherine A., 1947- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 921 P8882s Adult books Central weeding Add Copy to MyList

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