Author : Lydia Millet
Release : 2013
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 702/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Magnificence: A Novel by : Lydia Millet
Download or read book Magnificence: A Novel written by Lydia Millet. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel introduces Susan Lindley, a woman adrift after her husband's death. Suddenly gifted her great uncle's Pasadena mansion, Susan decides to restore his extensive collection of preserved animals, tending to the fur and feathers, the beaks, the bones and shimmering tails. Meanwhile, a menagerie of uniquely damaged humans - including a cheating husband and a chorus of eccentric elderly women - joins her in residence.