The Miss America Family: A Novel - Couverture rigide

BAGGOTT

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0743422961 ISBN 13 : 9780743422963

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Baggott Julianna

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"An emotional and darkly comic examination of growth, loss, secrets, and lies." (USA Today)

"Julianna Baggott enjoys living on the knife edge between hilarity and heartbreak, and that makes her a writer after my own heart." (Richard Russo author of Empire Falls)

"This second novel establishes Baggott's remarkable talent for creating characters who resonate with readers." (Library Journal (starred review))

"A charmingly messy tale of love and redemption." (Kirkus Reviews)

"Baggott employs a captivating narrative technique...the two narrators each [have] a compelling style and situation...The Miss America Family shows a pristine, innocent heart with a big, generous, optimistic message." (The Boston Herald)

"Combines the indigenous dysfunction of Phillip Roth's American Pastoral with the uninhibited disclosure of Russell Banks's Rule of the Bone. The result is a tumultuous domestic adventure with soul." (Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA))

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Pixie Kitchy was once Miss New Jersey. Now she's married to a dentist, an ex-quarterback in turtled golf pants. Her ten-year-old daughter, Mitzie, wears Bo-peep pincurls and twirls baton. Her sixteen-year-old son, Ezra, the person who knows her best, is caught up in his fling with the podiatrist's daughter. And Pixie is consumed by the past. She confides, "I was a housewife, and I became dangerous. Sometimes it's the only way possible to regain footing in the world." In this high-wire mixture of absurdity and pathos, hilarity and darkness, one American family finds out that there is no such thing as the perfect American family, and, for better or for worse, they come together and start anew.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0743422961
• ISBN 13: 9780743422963
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280