Items related to One True Thing
The breathtaking novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Thinking Out Loud, and Black and Blue -- Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures.
Ellen Gulden is in jail, accused of the mercy killing of her mother. She says she didn't do it; she thinks she knows who did.
When Ellen learns of her mother Kate's cancer, the disease is already far advanced. Her father insists that Ellen quit her job and come home to take care of her, and as Ellen begins to spend her days with Kate, she learns many surprising things, about herself, her mother, and the life choices they both made. But as Kate's illness progresses, and her pain increases, so do the dosages of morphine. And so does Ellen's belief that her mother's suffering is unendurable....
Widely admired for her intelligence, humor and insight, and for the depth of her perceptions about the public and private lives of ordinary people, Quindlen writes masterfully, and with great sophistication and grace about love and death, sexuality and betrayal, the triangles within a family, identity, growth, and change. Exploring the ambiguities that make up marriage, character, family, and fate, One True Thing takes each of us to the mysteries at the heart of the person we think we are, of who and what we know.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
One True Thing is a film starring Meryl Streep as the cancer-stricken homemaker mother, Renee Zellweger as the daughter who quits her top-dog job to care for her, and William Hurt as the chilly professor who lets the women in the family do the heavy emotional lifting dying requires. But the real star of the project remains former New York Times everyday-life columnist Anna Quindlen, who quit her top-dog job to write novels (and who took time off from college to nurse her own dying mother).
From the Publisher:
Quindlen hit a nerve with One True Thing, which captures an experience seldom dealt with in popular culture. (One exception: the sensitive 1996 film with Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio of the play Marvin's Room.) Though the heroine of One True Thing, Ellen Gulden, is a golden girl with two brothers who'll lose her career the instant she steps off the fast track, society concurs with her dad, who says, "It seems to me another woman is what's wanted here."
The book is a mother-daughter tale that should please fans of, say, The Joy Luck Club. It's not flashy, but it has a deep feel for the way children often discover, just before it's too late, who their parents really are. "Our parents are never people to us," Ellen writes, "they're always character traits.... There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your parents into whatever it takes to keep you afloat." The mercy-killing subplot isn't gripping, but the palpable sense of deepening family intimacy certainly is. --Tim Appelo
"Fiercely compassionate and frank...conveys a world so out of kilter and so like ours that its readers are likely to feel both exhilarated and unnerved by its accuracy."
--Elle
--Elle
"A masterpiece."
--Tulsa World
"Provocative...We leave One True Thing stimulated and challenged, more thoughtful than when we began."
--Los Angeles Times
"It is simply impossible to forget."
--Alice Hoffman
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherTRAFALGAR SQUARE +
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0701163151
- ISBN 13 9780701163150
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
One True Thing
Published by
TRAFALGAR SQUARE +
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0701163151
ISBN 13: 9780701163150
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001946055
Buy Used
US$ 2.16
Convert currency
Stock Image
One True Thing
Published by
TRAFALGAR SQUARE +
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0701163151
ISBN 13: 9780701163150
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR013004079
Buy Used
US$ 2.16
Convert currency
Stock Image
One True Thing
Published by
TRAFALGAR SQUARE +
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0701163151
ISBN 13: 9780701163150
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 6.7. Seller Inventory # G0701163151I3N00
Buy Used
US$ 9.79
Convert currency
Stock Image
One True Thing
Published by
TRAFALGAR SQUARE +
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0701163151
ISBN 13: 9780701163150
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 6.7. Seller Inventory # G0701163151I4N00
Buy Used
US$ 9.79
Convert currency
Stock Image
One True Thing
Published by
Chatto & Windus 09/03/1995
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0701163151
ISBN 13: 9780701163150
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 3
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . Seller Inventory # 7719-9780701163150
Buy Used
US$ 4.43
Convert currency
Seller Image
One True Thing
Published by
Chatto & Windus
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0701163151
ISBN 13: 9780701163150
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Seller Inventory # wbs3686691715
Buy Used
US$ 1.65
Convert currency
Stock Image
One True Thing
Published by
Chatto and Windus
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0701163151
ISBN 13: 9780701163150
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Seller Inventory # CHL7445081
Buy Used
US$ 2.52
Convert currency
Stock Image
One True Thing
Published by
Chatto and Windus
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0701163151
ISBN 13: 9780701163150
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Seller Inventory # CHL4180003
Buy Used
US$ 2.52
Convert currency
Stock Image
One True Thing
Published by
TRAFALGAR SQUARE +
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0701163151
ISBN 13: 9780701163150
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.9. Seller Inventory # 0701163151-2-3
Buy Used
US$ 12.02
Convert currency
Stock Image
One True Thing
Published by
Chatto & Windus
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0701163151
ISBN 13: 9780701163150
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. All orders are dispatched the following working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we have over 500,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. Seller Inventory # mon0004161740
Buy Used
US$ 4.49
Convert currency