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It is important for children to know what God thinks of us. He loves and adores us. We should be positive and kind to others. We should love everyone.

Meet the Wapshots of St Botolphs. There is Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea-dog and would-be suicide; his licentious older son, Moses; and Moses's adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, and partly based on... Read Full Overview

When The Wapshot Chronicle was published in 1957, John Cheever was already recognized as a writer of superb short stories. But The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the 1958 National Book Award, established him as a major novelist. Based in part on Cheever's adolescence in New England,... Read Full Overview

When The Wapshot Chronicle was published in 1957, John Cheever was already recognized as a writer of superb short stories. But The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the 1958 National Book Award, established him as a major novelist. Based in part on Cheever's adolescence in New England,... Read Full Overview

Formado por La cr nica de los Wapshot (National Book Award, 1958) y El esc ndalo de los Wapshot , este mnibus recoge la historia de una prestigiosa familia venida a menos. Las ra ces de los Wapshot se hunden en Saint Botolphs, un pueblo pesquero donde la nica persona que conserva... Read Full Overview

When The Wapshot Chronicle was published in 1957, John Cheever was already recognized as a writer of superb short stories. But The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the 1958 National Book Award, established him as a major novelist.

Based in part on Cheever's... Read Full Overview