Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel. Ten thousand saints starts with new years eve in 1987. Eleanor henderson is in possession of an enormous talent which she has matched up with skill, ambition, and a fierce imagination. To ask other readers questions about ten thousand saints, please sign up. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, paperback barnes. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, paperback. Ten thousand saints opens with the death of 15yearold teddy on new years.
Ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel a planet, a universe, a trip. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson goodreads. The book is organized by month with saints of the day listed. Ten thousand saints isnt the definitive novel of the 1980s, but this is a story that will entertain by the pool and keep a reader coming back for more. Ten thousand saints threatens to get cluttered at times, but henderson reins in her sprawling cast with a series of contrasts and a neighborhood as a supporting player. Eleanor henderson, author of ten thousand saints proehl creates worlds within worlds within worlds, all of. Preorder titles at great prices from your favorite authors. I wanted to live inside its pages, where i could imagine not just the scenes themselves, but the cameras, the lights, the actors reading. As modern dna sampling and genomemapping, seen in the regional patterning of todays irish surnames, reinforce butlers findings, his methods and thesis are now. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Pink little winnafred and brown wilson are born in the summer of 1930, allegedly the twin offspring of 18yearold elma jesup, whose father, juke. Spend more time reading and less time figuring out what to read. Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wonder jr. I think a lot of the kids involved in the scene felt adrift and like they needed to make their own family, and also saw the. Eleanor hendersons fierce, elegiac novel follows a group of friends, lovers. Gideon the ninth is the most fun youll ever have with a skeleton. She truly has breathed life into the east villages recent. Ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel a planet. Feb 15, 2011 the resulting novel, ten thousand saints, is the best thing ive read in a long time.
On the last morning of 1987 and the last morning of teddys life, the two boys lay side by side, a pair of snow angels bundled in thriftstore parkas, eleanor henderson writes in ten thousand saints ecco. The whole thing, however, read like a soap opera, the likes of which could rival the nowfinished tv. Hers is a book where minor characters play the major roles. Moving back and forth between vermont and new york city, ten thousand saints is an emphatically observed story of a frayed tangle of family members brought painfully together by a death, then carried along in anticipation of a new and unexpected life. New york times bestseller named one of the best books of the year by san francisco chronicle and the huffington post features an exclusive conversation. In nearly 400 pages, henderson does not hold back once. Published june 7th 2011 by harpercollins ebooks first published june 1st 2011. Hendersons fierce, elegiac novel, her first, follows a group of friends, lovers, parents and children. Enoch also, the seventh from adam, prophesied of these things, saying, behold, the lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly. The little book of feminist saints random house books. In ten thousand saints eleanor henderson has written the quintessential novel of new york citys east village in the late 1980s. Too much of the writing feels studied, and the result is more like a bus tour through the east village than a dispatch from the streets. Saints comes to feel like a modern, drugandrockriddled version of peter pan.
Novelist pierpont among ten thousand things and illustrator thapp collaborate to create a patchwork of biographical sketches on groundbreaking women, from wellknown figures such as former. Jul 03, 2011 ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel a planet, a universe, a trip. On the last morning of 1987 and the last morning of teddys life, the two boys lay side by side, a pair of snow angels bundled in thriftstore parkas, eleanor henderson writes in ten thousand saints ecco, forecasting the death that will spark the next years events in this irresistibly rich and engrossing novel. Read ten thousand saints online by eleanor henderson books. Eleanor hendersons novel ten thousand saints starts with a condensed version of the onecrazynight premise from which entire films are built its a lazy new years eve day of smoking, huffing, drinking, and snorting for teddy and jude. She is a graduate of barnard college and the mfa program at new york. Jun 01, 2011 in ten thousand saints eleanor henderson has written the quintessential novel of new york citys east village in the late 1980s. Marks are brought back to lifehendersons book reads in part like an elegy. Recorded books, llc harpercollins firm sometimes too much of a good thing is just not enough. In ten thousand saints, eleanor hendersons debut novel, the ghosts of st. Some months have 10 saints while others may have 24. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson fictiondb. Feb 28, 20 ten thousand saints starts with new years eve in 1987.
Equal parts great american roadtrip narrative and comingofage novel, this brilliant story from a debut novelist is a treat for the diehard nerds and fans among us. Jun 19, 2011 the knot of intimacy at the center of ten thousand saints is the friendship between teddy mcnicholas and jude keffyhorn. Ten thousand saints is the offspring of lester bangs and anne tyler, and who wouldnt want to read that baby. Jun 26, 2011 by his own estimation, jude keffyhorn, the skateboarding teen drug abuser turned cleanliving proselytizer in eleanor hendersons first novel, ten thousand saints, is an inessential. A dying billionaire sends one woman and a cast of dreamers and rivals on a citywide treasure hunt in this irresistible novel by the author of bellweather rhapsody. Mostly set in the lower east side of 1980s new york city, ten thousand saints is that rare book that paints scenes so vividly you can imagine the movie in your head. A book is also a considerate option when giving to an acquaintance such as a coworker. Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wonder. I could picture the graffiti, the zines, the people on the streets, the city in all its grimy glory. The resulting novel, ten thousand saints, is the best thing ive read in a long time. Buy a cheap copy of ten thousand saints book by eleanor henderson. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him. The first 50 pages of ten thousand saints, which chronicle a single night. Eleanor henderson, author of ten thousand saints proehl creates.
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A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. Like all good nostalgia novels, ten thousand saints is a love letter to a bygone time, and makes even a reader who never experienced it in the first place ache to be a part of it. Ten thousand saints portrays the chaos of the postnuclear family in the hands of former hippies, but henderson never judges her characters, and rarely sentimentalises them. She truly has breathed life into the east villages recent storied past, and has transformed that neighborhood into a character as vividly realized as her novels people. The ambition of ten thousand saints, eleanor hendersons debut novel about a. The author models her richly varied collection of 100 feminist saints on the catholic saintoftheday book, offering onepage inspirational snapshots that aim to capture the. Thus was presented to the prophets vision ellen gould white the great controversy. I wanted to live inside its pages, where i could imagine not just the scenes themselves, but the cameras, the lights, the actors reading their lines off to the sides of the set. She earned an mfa degree from the university of virginia in 2005. Jude and teddy are teenagers celebrating the coming new year with some others, but unfortunately after a night of partying and drug. Readers of books like the goldfinch and freedom will certainly appreciate this very intricately and.
Choose from five monthly reads, vetted by cool people with great taste. Henderson throws everything at this book adoption, teen pregnancy, aids, absent. Her debut novel, ten thousand saints, was named one of the 10 best books of. Goodreads members who liked ten thousand saints also liked. A stylist mustread book of 2018 in this luminous volume, new york times bestselling writer julia pierpont and artist manjit thapp match short, vibrant, and surprising biographies with stunning fullcolor portraits of secular female saints. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson off the shelf. Mostly set in the lower east side of 1980s new york city, ten. The whole thing, however, read like a soap opera, the likes of. The resulting novel, ten thousand saints, is the best thing ive read in a. Jude and teddy are teenagers celebrating the coming new year with some others, but unfortunately after a night of partying and drug taking, one of them doesnt live to see 1988.
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Teenagers when the book begins, they specialize in petty theft. May 25, 2012 ten thousand saints portrays the chaos of the postnuclear family in the hands of former hippies, but henderson never judges her characters, and rarely sentimentalises them. Find books like ten thousand saints from the worlds largest community of readers. In saints, a straightedge coming of age set in the late 1980s, eleanor hendersons bittersweet ten thousand saints follows three teens as they search for belonging in a rapidly changing manhattan. The whole thing, however, read like a soap opera, the likes of which could rival the nowfinished tv show rescue me in how dysfunctional and absurd its main family could get with borderline incest not quite, but if you read the book youll understand, drug abuse, betrayal and overall bitterness.
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