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Jimmy is AWOL from the army, but—with characteristic fierceness and terror—he’s about to embark on the biggest commitment of his life. Christy is pregnant with Jimmy’s child, and she’s determined to head home, with or without Jimmy, to face up to her past and prepare for the future. Somehow, barreling across America from Albany to New Orleans to Ohio and Texas in a souped-up Chevy Nova, Christy and Jimmy are transformed from passionate but conflicted lovers into a young family on a magnificent journey. Ash Wednesday is a novel of blazing emotion and remarkable grace, a tale that captures the intensity—the excitement, fear, and joy—of being on the threshold of the mysterious country of marriage and parenthood. Powerful, assured, large of heart, and punctuated by moments of tremendous humor, it represents, for Hawke the novelist, a major leap forward.
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Ash Wednesday, Ethan Hawke
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- Released
- 2003
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- Title
- Ash Wednesday
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ethan Hawke
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 221
- ISBN10
- 1400034078
- ISBN13
- 9781400034079
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Love, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance, USA, Relationships, American Literature, Coming Of Age, Marriage, Young Adult Romance, America, Journey, Pregnancy, Present, Infidelity, Road Trip, Americana, Adulthood
- First published
- 2002
- Original title
- Ash Wednesday
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
- Description
- Jimmy is AWOL from the army, but—with characteristic fierceness and terror—he’s about to embark on the biggest commitment of his life. Christy is pregnant with Jimmy’s child, and she’s determined to head home, with or without Jimmy, to face up to her past and prepare for the future. Somehow, barreling across America from Albany to New Orleans to Ohio and Texas in a souped-up Chevy Nova, Christy and Jimmy are transformed from passionate but conflicted lovers into a young family on a magnificent journey. Ash Wednesday is a novel of blazing emotion and remarkable grace, a tale that captures the intensity—the excitement, fear, and joy—of being on the threshold of the mysterious country of marriage and parenthood. Powerful, assured, large of heart, and punctuated by moments of tremendous humor, it represents, for Hawke the novelist, a major leap forward.