Blessings

A Novel

By Anna Quindlen | Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

About the book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A well-told story of love and redemption” (The Washington Post Book World) from the bestselling author of Still Life with Bread Crumbs
 
“A polished gem of a novel . . . lovingly crafted, beautifully written.”—The Miami Herald
 
Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard house on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives of those who live and work at Blessings are changed forever. Skip Cuddy, the caretaker, finds a baby girl asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep her, while Lydia Blessing, the matriarch of the estate, for her own reasons, agrees to help him. Blessings explores how the secrets of the past affect decisions and lives in the present, what makes a person or a life legitimate or illegitimate and who decides, and the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community.
 
Blessings is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and personal change by a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer.

Editions of Blessings

Hardcover
ISBN 9780375431845
Hardcover
ISBN 9780375502231
Paperback
ISBN 9780812969818
Paperback
ISBN 9780345468697
EBook
ISBN 9781588362551
Audiobook
ISBN 9780736687805
AudioStreaming
ISBN 9781415919149
AudioStreaming
ISBN 9781415945445
AudioStreaming
ISBN 9780739301050
AudioDisc
ISBN 9780736687812
AudioDisc
ISBN 9780739301043

Read an Excerpt

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A well-told story of love and redemption” (The Washington Post Book World) from the bestselling author of Still Life with Bread Crumbs
 
“A polished gem of a novel . . . lovingly crafted, beautifully written.”—The Miami Herald
 
Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard house on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives of those who live and work at Blessings are changed forever. Skip Cuddy, the caretaker, finds a baby girl asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep her, while Lydia Blessing, the matriarch of the estate, for her own reasons, agrees to help him. Blessings explores how the secrets of the past affect decisions and lives in the present, what makes a person or a life legitimate or illegitimate and who decides, and the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community.
 
Blessings is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and personal change by a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Blessings about?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A well-told story of love and redemption” (The Washington Post Book World) from the bestselling author of Still Life with Bread Crumbs
 
“A polished gem of a novel . . . lovingly crafted, beautifully written.”—The Miami Herald
 
Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard house on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives of those who live and work at Blessings are changed forever. Skip Cuddy, the caretaker, finds a baby girl asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep her, while Lydia Blessing, the matriarch of the estate, for her own reasons, agrees to help him. Blessings explores how the secrets of the past affect decisions and lives in the present, what makes a person or a life legitimate or illegitimate and who decides, and the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community.
 
Blessings is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and personal change by a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Blessings?

Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre

Where can I read a sample of Blessings?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780375431845

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Blessings?

Anna Quindlen

Who is the Publisher of the book Blessings?

Random House Publishing Group

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Blessings is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780375431845) and hardcover(ISBN 9780375502231) and paperback(ISBN 9780812969818) and paperback(ISBN 9780345468697) and ebook(ISBN 9781588362551) and audiobook(ISBN 9780736687805) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415919149) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415945445) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780739301050) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780736687812) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780739301043)

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