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The Virtues of Oxygen : a Novel by Schoenberger, Susan, author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Virtues of Oxygen : a Novel about?
229 pages ; 21 cm, A story of unlikely bonds made under dire straits. Holly is a young widow with two kids living in a ramshackle house in the same small town where she grew up wealthy. Now barely able to make ends meet editing the town's struggling newspaper, she manages to stay afloat with help from her family. Then her mother suffers a stroke, and Holly's world begins to completely fall apart. Vivian has lived an extraordinary life, despite the fact that she has been confined to an iron lung since contracting polio as a child. Her condition means she requires constant monitoring, and the close-knit community joins together to give her care and help keep her alive. As their town buckles under the weight of the Great Recession, Holly and Vivian, two very different women both touched by pain, forge an unlikely alliance that may just offer each an unexpected salvation
Who reads The Virtues of Oxygen : a Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Schoenberger, Susan, author
- Publisher
- Seattle : Lake Union Publishing
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781477822791
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities