false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227223444m/4015745.jpg 4015745 3 In the summer of 1997, a newlywed couple, Matt and Marissa, are living in Wisconsin and expecting their first child. With the baby almost due, Marissa sends Matt on a quest to recover an antique cradle from her mother, who claimed it when she abandoned her family years earlier. <BR><BR>Ten years later, a middle-aged couple, Bill and Renee, are living outside Chicago and preparing to see their only son, Adam, off to war in Iraq. Adam's departure brings to the surface deeply personal memories of Renee's first love, and forces the confession of a long-held secret that brings the two stories together in the novel's powerful climax. Elegant and surprising, THE CRADLE tells a story that is warm, wise, and full of wonder. 4062215 9 3 2009 The Cradle: A Novel total:322|5:68|4:108|3:104|2:34|1:8| 322 1160 666 107 4 4 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 19:56:51 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 05:42:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Mar 15 09:08:09 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 17:45:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 24 12:47:22 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 14 04:43:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sun Apr 19 07:20:44 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 07:24:40 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 11 12:29:59 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 12:32:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 21:22:07 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 21:33:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 26 10:10:35 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 10:10:55 -0700 2009
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In the first story we meet Marissa and Mark. Marrissa is very pregnant with the couple's first child. She becomes obsessed with locating an antique Civil War cradle ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 18:27:08 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 20:13:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:43:56 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:53:51 -0800 2009 1 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: March 9, 2009
Beautifully written! Read it, then pass it to your significant other.
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