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Terms of Endearment


A Literary Fiction Novel


Book 3 of the Houston Series

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You may be familiar with the Oscar-winning movie starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger, but the novel that started it all will make you cry just as hard as the adaptation.

Larry McMurtry’s tale of familial love and strife focuses on Aurora Greenway, a widow who adores her only daughter, Emma, but her overprotective ways leave Emma eager to make her own way in the world. Their relationship is one of fierce devotion but one not always rooted in trust. They fight and make up, and through it all, their bond is put through the wringer. 

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In this acclaimed novel that inspired the Academy Award–winning motion picture, Larry McMurtry created two unforgettable characters who won the hearts of readers and moviegoers everywhere: Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma.

Aurora is the kind of woman who makes the whole world orbit around her, including a string of devoted suitors. Widowed and overprotective of her daughter, Aurora adapts at her own pace until life sends two enormous challenges her way: Emma's hasty marriage and subsequent battle with cancer.

Terms of Endearment is the Oscar-winning story of a memorable mother and her feisty daughter and their struggle to find the courage and humor to live through life's hazards—and to love each other as never before.

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