North River

Author: Pete Hamill
Category: General
ISBN: 9780316340588
Format : Hardcover
Publisher : Little Brown & Co

Min Price: 6.00 Max Price: 103.00

The year is 1934 and New York City is locked in the icy grip of the great depression. Amid the hunger and suffering, Dr. James Delaney tends to the needy, mobsters and housewives alike. However Delaney himself is suffering from the heartache of his wife abandoning him and from the horrors he witnessed during the Great War. When his daughter abandons her two-year-old son on his doorstep, he recruits Rose, a Sicilian maid, to help raise the child. Pete Hamill`s atmospheric and lovely novel recreates a period of terrible hardship and shows how human decency survives despite the brutality.

North River ( ISBN 9780316340588 )

Abraxus Books

Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price : 26 USD
It is 1934, and New York City is in the icy grip of the Great Depression. With enormous compassion, Dr. James Delaney tends to his hurt, sick, and poor neighbors, who include gangsters, day laborers, prostitutes, and housewives. If they can't pay, he treats them anyway. But in his own life, Delaney is emotionally numb, haunted by the slaughters of the Great War. His only daughter has left for Mexico, and his wife Molly vanished months before, leaving him to wonder if she is alive or dead. Then, on a snowy New Year's Day, the doctor returns home to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep, left by his mother in Delaney's care. Coping with this unexpected arrival, Delaney hires Rose, a tough, decent Sicilian woman with a secret in her past. Slowly, as Rose and the boy begin to care for the good doctor, the numbness in Delaney begins to melt. Recreating 1930s New York with the vibrancy and rich detail that are his trademarks, Pete Hamill weaves a story of honor, family, and one man's simple courage that no reader will soon forget.

North River ( ISBN 9780316340588 )

WebBookStore

Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Price : 17 USD
Brand new, not a remainder, no marks. As published by Little, Brown and Company. Hardcover edition.352 pages. Book Size: Length: 9 inches, Width 6 Height inches 1 Inches. Book weight: 1.24 pounds. This book will require no additional postage. Orders processed on AbeBooks Monday - Friday and ships 6 days a week. Synopsis: It is 1934, and New York City is in the icy grip of the GreatDepression. With enormous compassion, Dr. James Delaneytends to his hurt, sick, and poor neighbors, who includegangsters, day laborers, prostitutes, and housewives. If theycan't pay, he treats them anyway.But in his own life, Delaney is emotionally numb, hauntedby the slaughters of the Great War. His only daughter has leftfor Mexico, and his wife Molly vanished months before,leaving him to wonder if she is alive or dead.Then, on a snowy New Year's Day, the doctor returnshome to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep,left by his mother in Delaney's care. Coping with thisunexpected arrival, Delaney hires Rose, a tough, decentSicilian woman with a secret in her past. Slowly, as Rose andthe boy begin to care for the good doctor, the numbness inDelaney begins to melt.Recreating 1930s New York with the vibrancy and richdetail that are his trademarks, Pete Hamill weaves a story ofhonor, family, and one man's simple courage that no readerwill soon forget. 13 Digit ISBN number: 9780316340588. 10 Digit ISBN: 0316340588.

North River ( ISBN 9780316340588 )

Blackwell Online

Blackwood, NJ, U.S.A.
Price : 25 USD
*** NEW COPY *** TITLE SHIPPED FROM US *** Pages: 352, It is 1934. And Dr. James Delaney deals with the icy grip of the Great Depression in the only way he can. With enormous compassion, he tends to his hurt, sick, and poor neighbors whether they can pay him or not. His patients include New York City's gangsters and Tammany chieftains, veterans and day laborers, prostitutes and housewives. As a doctor, he learns the most difficult secrets about people's lives - secrets he has long since learned to keep to himself.But in his own life, Delaney inhabits the country of numbness. He is haunted by the slaughters of the recent World War. His only daughter has left abruptly to pursue revolutionary dreams. And his wife, Molly, vanished many months before, leaving him to wonder if she is alive or dead. Living alone in Greenwich Village, hard by the Hudson, which New Yorkers still call the North River, Delaney submerges his own pain by alleviating the pain of his patients.Then, on a snowy New Year's Day, the doctor returns home to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep, left by his mother in Delaney's care. Coping with this unexpected arrival, Delaney hires Rose, a tough, decent Sicilian woman with a secret in her past. Slowly, as Rose and the boy care for him, the numbness in Delaney starts to melt.Even as these two lives begin changing his, one of the secrets Delaney has pledged to guard threatens to cast him into the dangerous world of long-held vendettas and unfettered violence. Delaney's loyalty to a friend may cost him - and those newly dear to him - their lives.

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