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The Odds

A Love Story

The Odds( )
Author: O'Nan, Stewart
Series title:Center Point Platinum Fiction (Large Print) Ser.
ISBN:978-1-61173-396-9
Publication Date:Apr 2012
Publisher:Center Point Large Print
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $35.95
Book Description:

Stewart O'Nan's novel is another wildly original, bittersweet gem. Valentine's weekend, Art and Marion Fowler flee their Cleveland suburb for Niagara Falls, desperate to recoup their losses. Jobless, with their home approaching foreclosure and their marriage on the brink of collapse, Art and Marion liquidate their savings account and book a bridal suite at the Falls' ritziest casino for a second honeymoon. While they sightsee like tourists during the day, at night they risk it all at...
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Book Details
Pages:315
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Romance / General
Fiction / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):2.25 x 9.36 x 0.316 Inches
Book Weight:1.1 Pounds
Author Biography
O'Nan, Stewart (Author)
Stewart O'Nan was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1961. He received a B. S. from Boston University in 1983 and received a M. F. A. in fiction from Cornell University in 1992. Before becoming a writer, he worked as a test engineer for Grumman Aerospace from 1984 to 1988.

He has written several novels including The Speed Queen, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, The Circus Fire, and Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season. In the Walled City won the 1993 Due Heinz Literature Prize; Snow Angels won the 1993 Pirates Alley William Faulkner Prize; and The Names of the Dead won the 1996 Oklahoma Book Award. Snow Angels was made into a feature film in 2007. In 1996, he was listed as one of Granta's best young American novelists.

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