The operator : a novel
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Published
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020].
ISBN
9780062917188, 0062917188
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Villa Park Public Library - Mystery
M BERG, G.
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M BERG, G.
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Villa Park Public Library - Mystery | M BERG, G. | On Shelf |
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Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Books | FIC BERG G. | On Shelf |
Batavia Public Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC Berg, Gretchen | On Shelf |
Beecher Community Library District - Stacks | F BER | On Shelf |
Bensenville Community Public Library District - Fiction | BERG | On Shelf |
Bridgeview Public Library - Stacks | FICTION BER | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780062917188, 0062917188
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The Operator by Gretchen Berg delivers a vivid look inside the heads and hearts of a group of housewives and pokes at the absurdities of 1950s America, a simpler time that was far from simple. In a small town, everyone knows everyone else's business... Nobody knows the people of Wooster, Ohio, better than switchboard operator Vivian Dalton, and she'd be the first to tell you that. She calls it intuition. Her teenage daughter, Charlotte, calls it eavesdropping. Vivian and the other women who work at Bell on East Liberty Street connect lines and lives. They aren't supposed to listen in on conversations, but they do, and they all have opinions on what they hear, especially Vivian. She knows that Mrs. Butler's ungrateful daughter, Maxine, still hasn't thanked her mother for the quilt she made, and that Ginny Frazier turned down yet another invitation to go to the A&W with Clyde Walsh. Then, one cold December night, Vivian listens in on a call between that snob Betty Miller and someone whose voice she can't quite place and hears something shocking. Betty Miller's mystery friend has news that, if true, will shatter Vivian's tidy life in Wooster, humiliating her and making her the laughingstock of the town. Vivian may be mortified, but she isn't going to take this lying down. She's going to get to the bottom of that rumor, get into it, get under it, poke around in the corners. Find every last bit. Vivian wants the truth, no matter how painful it may be. But as Vivian is about to be reminded, in a small town like Wooster, one secret usually leads to another...
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Berg, G. (2020). The operator: a novel (First edition.). William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Berg, Gretchen. 2020. The Operator: A Novel. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Berg, Gretchen. The Operator: A Novel William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Berg, Gretchen. The Operator: A Novel First edition., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
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