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008			220216s2022 nyu e 000 1 eng d
020			_a1501189271
020			_a9781501189272
035			_a(OCoLC)1296942370 _z(OCoLC)1296678432 _z(OCoLC)1296910309
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043			_an-us-nh _an-us-co
082	0	4	_a813/.54 _223/eng/20220920
092			_aI727 _b.ℓa
100	1		_aIrving, John, _d1942- _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe last chairlift : _ba novel / _cJohn Irving
250			_aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _c2022
300			_a891 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aGrowing up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past, Adam goes to Aspen, where he was conceived, to learn the truth about his mother, a former slalom skier and ski instructor, and meets some ghosts, which are not the first or the last ones he sees
520			_aIn Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren't the first or the last ghosts he sees
563			_aBPL: David Winn Bishop and Isabel MacPherson Bishop Memorial Fund.
650		0	_aAuthors _vFiction
650		0	_aFamily secrets _vFiction
650		0	_aMothers and sons _vFiction
650		0	_aFathers and sons _vFiction
650		0	_aSpirits _vFiction
651		0	_aExeter (N.H.) _vFiction
651		0	_aAspen (Colo.) _vFiction
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft
655		7	_aBildungsromans. _2lcgft
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft
907			_a.b175729074
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
999			_c14036 _d14036