Book
Weather : a novel / Jenny Offill.
"Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point from which to practice her other calling: she is a fake shrink. For years, she has tended to her God-haunted mother and her recovering addict brother. They have both stabilized for the moment, but Lizzie has little chance to spend her new free time with husband and son before her old mentor, Sylvia Liller, makes a proposal. She's become famous for her prescient podcast, Hell and High Water, and wants to hire Lizzie to answer the mail she receives: from left-wingers worried about climate change and right wingers worried about the decline of western civilization. As Lizzie dives into this polarized world, she begins to wonder what it means to keep tending your own garden once you've seen the flames beyond its walls. When her brother becomes a father and Sylvia a recluse, Lizzie is forced to address the limits of her own experience--but still she tries to save everyone, using everything she's learned about empathy and despair, conscience and collusion, from her years of wandering the library stacks . . . And all the while the voices of the city keep floating in--funny, disturbing, and increasingly mad"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385351102
- ISBN: 0385351100
- ISBN: 9780345806901
- ISBN: 0345806905
- Physical Description: 207 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book." Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary |
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Librarians > Fiction. Working mothers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fiction. |
Available copies
- 30 of 31 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Crawford County. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 31 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford County Library-Bourbon | F OFF (Text) | 33431000532547 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Adair County Public Library | A F Offill (Text) | 34029002499381 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Camdenton | FIC OFFILL (Text) | 31320003731937 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | OFF (Text) | 33042004672633 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/10/2024 |
| Carthage Public Library | FIC Offill, Jenny (Text) | 34MO2001806150 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | F OFF 2020 (Text) | 0002205621747 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Heartland Regional Library - Belle | F OFF (Text) | 35555002116731 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Heartland Regional Library - Eldon | F OFF (Text) | 35555002116749 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Heartland Regional Library - Iberia | F OFF (Text) | 35555002116723 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Heartland Regional Library - Vienna | F OFF (Text) | 35555002116715 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point from which to practice her other calling: she is a fake shrink. For years, she has tended to her God-haunted mother and her recovering addict brother. They have both stabilized for the moment, but Lizzie has little chance to spend her new free time with husband and son before her old mentor, Sylvia Liller, makes a proposal. She's become famous for her prescient podcast, Hell and High Water, and wants to hire Lizzie to answer the mail she receives: from left-wingers worried about climate change and right wingers worried about the decline of western civilization. As Lizzie dives into this polarized world, she begins to wonder what it means to keep tending your own garden once you've seen the flames beyond its walls. When her brother becomes a father and Sylvia a recluse, Lizzie is forced to address the limits of her own experience--but still she tries to save everyone, using everything she's learned about empathy and despair, conscience and collusion, from her years of wandering the library stacks . . . And all the while the voices of the city keep floating in--funny, disturbing, and increasingly mad"--
