Terms of Endearment

About this book

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: Emmas 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 lifes hazards -- and to love each other as never before.