Abigail Thomas, Author . Harcourt $22 (182p) ISBN 978-0-15-101211-4
Stephen King's front-cover endorsement of Thomas's memoir as the best he's ever read—and a "punch to the heart"—will surely pique interest in this wrenching, elegiac portrait of her third husband, Rich, who flounders...
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Abigail Thomas, Author Scribner Book Company $16.95 (220p) ISBN 978-0-684-81347-9
A debut collection of short stories about women of all ages and their relationships with men, families and themselves. (Nov.)
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Abigail Thomas, Author Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $17.95 (252p) ISBN 978-1-56512-133-1
In her first novel, Thomas, who began writing at age 50 after a career as a literary agent and editor, displays the same incisive character portrayal and bantering prose that readers enjoyed in her collection of short stories, Getting Over Tom. Here,
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Abigail Thomas, Author Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $16.95 (204p) ISBN 978-1-56512-024-2
The daughter of the late Lewis Thomas (who has previously written for children) imbues this deft debut collection with grace and a refreshing lack of pretension. The 12 stories are told from the points of view of big-hearted, long-suffering women of
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Abigail Thomas, Author Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $17.95 (210p) ISBN 978-1-56512-189-8
The four lonely Upper West Siders who inhabit this muted but moving collection of 18 related short stories have each lost something and want it back. Middle-aged Walter's wife has left him, and he can't come to terms with her desire merely to be his
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Abigail Thomas, Author Alfred A. Knopf $22 (192p) ISBN 978-0-375-40807-6
In a series of poignant vignettes, each complete within itself, Thomas succeeds in conveying an engrossing life story in surprising depth. A novelist (An Actual Life), teacher of creative writing and grandmother of six, Thomas is a fine writer who...
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Abigail Thomas, Author, Margaret Hewitt, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8050-2976-5
At first Pearl's obsession with making pictures troubles her parents and alienates her friends. But, championed by her aunt Peg, Pearl keeps painting; she finally proves her talent by creating a mural on her bedroom wall, and her smiling family and...
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Abigail Thomas, Author, Margaret Hewitt, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-4071-5
Pearl proves her artistic talent by painting a mural on her bedroom wall. Hewitt supplies ""childlike"" compositions, said PW, and, in the most playful sequence, ""floats Pearl atop backgrounds that imitate the styles of O'Keeffe, Gauguin and other...
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Abigail Thomas, Author, William Low, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-5480-4
A black Labrador puppy is nervous about moving to Vermont, but finds that home is where the heart is. Pastel drawings ""ingeniously convey Lily as a figure both rueful and comic,"" said PW. Ages 4-7. (Oct.)
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Abigail Thomas, Author, William Low, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8050-2690-0
Thomas and Low's tender story of Lily, a dog who apprehensively moves from a Boston apartment to a house in Vermont, reveals the ripening of their talents since Wake Up, Wilson Street. Thomas's language grows playful as she introduces Lily, who ``is
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Abigail Thomas. Scribner, $18.99 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-6680-5465-9
Memoirist Thomas (What Comes Next and How to Like It) takes a tender look at aging and memory in this meditative account. Opening the narrative with a vow to embrace “living in the ever-shifting constancy of now,” Thomas describes the surprising...
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