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Instructions for a heat wave / Maggie O'Farrell.

Summary:

"Gretta Riordan wakes on a stultifying July morning in 1976 to find that her husband of forty years has gone to get the paper and vanished, cleaning out his bank account along the way. Gretta's three grown children converge on their parents' home for the first timme in years." --Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385349406
  • ISBN: 0385349408
  • ISBN: 9780345804716
  • ISBN: 0345804716
  • Physical Description: 290 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House LLC, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain by Tinder Press, an imprint of Headline Publishing Group, a Hachette UK company, London." -- Title page verso.
Publisher and paging may vary.
Subject:
Children of disappeared persons > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.

Available copies

  • 19 of 27 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 27 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library FIC O'FARRELL (Text) 36015000295762 Adult Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F O'FARRELL (Text) 39493107410179 Adult Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library F OFA (Text) 50503300285949 Adult Fiction Available -
Black Mountain Library F OFA (Text) 0020509922801 Adult Fiction Available -
Canton Library F O'Farrell (Text) 33115007328302 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/06/2026
Cleveland County Main Library F OFARRELL (Text) 22281500028684 Adult Fiction Available -
Cumberland Headquarters F O'FARRELL (Text) 31781060941281 Adult Fiction Available -
Forsyth Central FIC O'Farrell, Maggie (Text) 0112519613429 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/06/2026
Henderson Main Branch OFA (Text) 33258007672293 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/07/2026
Henderson Main Branch OFA (Text) 33258007672301 Adult Fiction On holds shelf -

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