Terms of Endearment
Larry McMurtry
2015 · Pan Macmillan · 400 pages
FictionMan-woman relationshipsMothers and daughtersCancerFiction in English
About this book
Aurora is the kind of woman who makes the whole world orbit around her, including a string of devoted suitors. Widowed and overprotective of her daughter, Aurora adapts at her own pace until life sends two enormous challenges her way: Emma’s hasty marriage and subsequent battle with cancer.
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Quiet, observational, and lightly philosophical — the prose is the point. Best for readers who already enjoy literary fiction and aren't reading for plot. Frustrates anyone expecting clear stakes.
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