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The last chairlift : a novel / John Irving.

Irving, John, 1942- (author.).

Summary:

In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Unremembered in the competition, Little Ray, as she is called, finishes "nowhere near the podium," but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defines 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 only ghosts he sees.-- From dust jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501189272
  • ISBN: 1501189271
  • Physical Description: 891 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Subject:
Mothers and sons > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Authors > Fiction.
Spirits > Fiction.
Exeter (N.H.) > Fiction.
Aspen (Colo.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction
Novels.

Available copies

  • 87 of 92 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 1 current hold with 92 total copies.
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Marion Library FIC IRV (Text) 37810435798599 Adult Fiction Available -
Old Fort Branch Library FIC IRV (Text) 37810438158486 Adult Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F IRVING (Text) 39493110064666 Adult Fiction Available -
Andrews Public Library F IRV (Text) 80605003646030 Adult Fiction Available -
Barco Library F IRV (Text) 39488201002625 Adult Fiction Available -
Berea Library FIC IRVING (Text) 42756202383102 Adult Fiction Available -
Black Mountain Library F IRV (Text) 0020513677128 Adult Fiction Available -
Bordeaux Library F IRVING (Text) 31781069509931 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/24/2026
Braswell Memorial Main Library FIC Irv (Text) 37807000038318 Adult Fiction Available -
Bunn Branch F/Irving (Text) 72350000112939 Adult New Fiction Available -

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