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'Penetrating and splendidly written... Dazzling' New York Times In Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has cancer. This same small town is home to Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston. Over the course of more than a century, it transforms into a powerful international corporation. Clare & Company's stunning growth reflects America's kaleidoscopic history, yet for Laura and her family, this wild success has profound and lasting consequences.
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Gain, Richard Powers
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- Released
- 2025
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- Title
- Gain
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Powers
- Publisher
- Penguin (Cornerstone)
- Released
- 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN10
- 1804951706
- ISBN13
- 9781804951705
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Adventure, USA, American Literature, Asia, Nature Observation, Bestsellers, Divorce, Motherhood, Small Town, Capitalism, Real Estate, Boston, Booker Prize, Industrial Revolution, Balancing Family and Work Life
- Description
- 'Penetrating and splendidly written... Dazzling' New York Times In Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has cancer. This same small town is home to Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston. Over the course of more than a century, it transforms into a powerful international corporation. Clare & Company's stunning growth reflects America's kaleidoscopic history, yet for Laura and her family, this wild success has profound and lasting consequences.