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Bread Upon the Waters

By Irwin Shaw
Bread Upon the Waters by Irwin Shaw digital book - Fable

Publisher Description

With one act of kindness, the fate of a Manhattan family is forever altered in this New York Times–bestselling novel by the author of Rich Man, Poor Man.
 
The Strands are a happy family, save for the occasional financial struggle. Allen, the father, has a decent job as a schoolteacher, a lovely wife, and smart, ambitious, and compassionate children. When Allen’s daughter witnesses a mugging, she takes the victim back to the Strand home for help and a warm meal. The Strands have no clue that the man they are helping is Russell Hazen, a powerful and wealthy Wall Street lawyer. In his gratitude, Hazen offers gifts, vacations, networking opportunities—even plastic surgery. But with each reward comes baggage, and soon the Strands begin to lose sight of what matters most in life.
 
Bread Upon the Waters is a masterful story about the way lives interconnect, and how every good deed, no matter how selfless, comes with a price.
 
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Irwin Shaw including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

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“<strong>Slow to start, but captivating </strong> This book seemed as dull as anything for the entire first section. I thought it would be some magical rags-to-riches story, so I was not expecting the gradual way Strand’s family moved in to living a decadent lifestyle. The second, third, and fourth sections of the book had me mesmerized with the personal challenges faced by each of the characters as their lives changed, although as much seemed related to the changing American attitudes and society as things changed because of wealth. Overall I ended up enjoying the book and becoming thoroughly engaged with its characters.”

About Irwin Shaw

Irwin Shaw (1913–1984) was an acclaimed, award-winning author who grew up in New York City and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1934. His first play, Bury the Dead (1936), has become an anti-war classic. He went on to write several more plays, more than a dozen screenplays, two works of nonfiction, dozens of short stories (for which he won two O. Henry awards), and twelve novels, including The Young Lions (1948) and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970). William Goldman, author of Temple of Gold and Marathon Man, says of Shaw: “He is one of the great storytellers and a pleasure to read.” For more about Shaw’s life and work, visit www.irwinshaw.org.

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