The last chairlift / John Irving.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Scribner/ Simon &Schuster 2022ISBN: 9781471179082Subject(s): Skiers -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Apparitions -- Fiction | Apparitions | Families | Family secrets | Skiers | New England - Fiction | Aspen (Colo.) -- Fiction | New England -- Fiction | Colorado -- Aspen | New EnglandGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Fiction. | Domestic fiction.DDC classification: 823 Other classification: Summary: "In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies 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 first or the last ghosts he sees."--Jacket flap.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Lending | Main Library | English | 823 IRV/L (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 509398 |
"In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies 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 first or the last ghosts he sees."--Jacket flap.
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