Gain

'Penetrating and splendidly written... Dazzling' New York Times

In Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has cancer.

This same small town is home to Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston. Over the course of more than a century, it transforms into a powerful international corporation.

Clare & Company's stunning growth reflects America's kaleidoscopic history, yet for Laura and her family, this wild success has profound and lasting consequences.

Erudite, penetrating and splendidly written ... Dazzling

New York Times

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published fourteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781804951712
  • Length: 368 pages
  • Price: £5.99
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