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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The earthy humor and the powerful emotional impact that set McMurtry's <i>Terms of Endearment</i> apart from other novels now rise to brilliant new heights with <i>The Evening Star</i>.</b> <p/>McMurtry takes us deep into the heart of Texas, and deep into the heart of one of the most memorable characters of our time, Aurora Greenway--along with her family, friends, and lovers--in a tale of affectionate wit, bittersweet tenderness, and the unexpected turns that life can take. This is Larry McMurtry at his very best: warm, compassionate, full of comic invention, an author so attuned to the feelings, needs, and desires of his characters that they possess a reality unique in American fiction.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Chicago Tribune</i> A tragicomic pageant...McMurtry displays yet again both his large-souled empathy and Dickensian gift for bringing people to vibrant life as quickly as anyone writing today.<br><br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> McMurtry is back on familiar ground: the humid freeways of Houston, land of strong-willed, lusty, indomitable women and the spineless men who inevitably fail them....Endlessly inventive.<br><br><i>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> In Aurora Greenway, Mr. McMurtry has created an unsinkable character as memorable in many ways as Scarlett O'Hara.<br><br><i>The New York Times Book Review</i> Works very well...The reader [is] in the hands of a real pro.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Larry McMurtry (1936-2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning <i>Lonesome Dove</i>, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas.

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