Miller's Valley: A Novel

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Random House Publishing Group, Apr 5, 2016 - Fiction - 288 pages
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a small town on the verge of big change, a young woman unearths deep secrets about her family and unexpected truths about herself—an emotionally powerful novel you will never forget.

“Overwhelmingly moving . . . In this novel, where so much is about what vanishes, there is also a deep beating heart, of what also stays.”—The New York Times Book Review

For generations the Millers have lived in Miller’s Valley. Mimi Miller tells about her life with intimacy and honesty. As Mimi eavesdrops on her parents and quietly observes the people around her, she discovers more and more about the toxicity of family secrets, the dangers of gossip, the flaws of marriage, the inequalities of friendship and the risks of passion, loyalty, and love. Home, as Mimi begins to realize, can be “a place where it’s just as easy to feel lost as it is to feel content.”

Miller’s Valley is a masterly study of family, memory, loss, and, ultimately, discovery, of finding true identity and a new vision of home. As Mimi says, “No one ever leaves the town where they grew up, even if they go.” Miller’s Valley reminds us that the place where you grew up can disappear, and the people in it too, but all will live on in your heart forever.
 

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Contents

Section 1
11
Section 2
17
Section 3
29
Section 4
38
Section 5
44
Section 6
51
Section 7
67
Section 8
73
Section 16
132
Section 17
141
Section 18
153
Section 19
161
Section 20
169
Section 21
175
Section 22
180
Section 23
187

Section 9
82
Section 10
91
Section 11
97
Section 12
103
Section 13
111
Section 14
118
Section 15
127
Section 24
195
Section 25
203
Section 26
215
Section 27
223
Section 28
232
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Anna Quindlen is the author of many bestselling books, including the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Rise and Shine, the #1 bestselling memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, and A Short Guide to a Happy Life. Her other novels include Blessings, One True Thing, the Oprah Book Club Selection Black and Blue, and Still Life with Bread Crumbs.

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