Gorgeous Lies - Couverture souple

McPhee, Martha

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156028824 ISBN 13 : 9780156028820

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2003

Synopsis

Book by McPhee Martha

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Acclaimed by critics, Martha McPhee's debut Bright Angel Time established her as a dazzling new talent in American fiction; she fulfills her promise and breaks ambitious new ground with Gorgeous Lies. Charismatic therapist Anton Furey is dying, and the tribe he heads-his five children, his wife's three, and their uniting child, Alice-has returned to Chardin, the farm where they grew up and played out Anton's vision of communal living. They had been famous for being the new American blended family, their utopian lifestyle chronicled by film crews and reporters. But as Anton grows weaker, the hurts and betrayals of those years boil to the surface, and the children find themselves reliving the knotty intimacies they share as they struggle to make their peace with Anton. With shimmering prose and an acutely observant eye, McPhee has created a portrait of an era and a family that explores the limits, and obligations, of love.

Revue de presse :

PRAISE FOR GORGEOUS LIES
"The greatest strength of Gorgeous Lies is in its multiplicity of perspectives. . . . It's easy to see why the charismatic figures from Bright Angel Time would not loosen their grip on this author."
-The Washington Post Book World

"[McPhee] avoids the extremes of hippie nostalgia and conservative revisionism and doesn't provide any simple answers. . . . Elegant and airy."-Los Angeles Times Book Review

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0156028824
• ISBN 13: 9780156028820
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336