The Late Bloomer (First Edition) - Couverture souple

Lynn Ruth Miller

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0976327198 ISBN 13 : 9780976327196

Editeur : MK Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

THE LATE BLOOMER is the story of Fanny Goldstein, a fifty-year-old virgin who doesn't want to die wondering what she has missed. Although this novel cartoons modern values and its superficial pleasures, it is far more than a funny story. Society would call Fanny and her friends misfits, but their love for each other lends them great dignity. The story opens the day of the San Francisco earthquake in 1989. Fanny is a librarian, dominated by her demanding, unsympathetic mother. She is short, plump and socially backward. Yet, she is so generous and caring that everyone who knows her loves her. After the earthquake, Fanny returns home from the library to find her mother dead and herself a millionaire. Her mother willed Fanny all her assets including her dog, William and her lover, Hymie. We follow Fanny through a year with her two legacies and see the unexpected ways she learns that being a fulfilled human being does not involve dropping her pants as much as it demands that she open her heart.

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À propos de l'auteur

Lynn Ruth Miller has been published in various fields for forty years. Her writing often deals with feminist issues and appeals to readers who enjoy Laurie Colwin for her ethnic flavor and commentary on the idiosyncrasies of modern life, and Anne Tyler for her slightly out of sync frame of reference. The Late Bloomer is reminiscent of the writings of Barbara Kingsolver and Mona Simpson, with a definite streak of HAROLD AND MAUDE in its theme. The story is deceptively deep and has something to say to anyone puzzled and discouraged by society s impossible standards of beauty and success.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: MK Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0976327198
• ISBN 13: 9780976327196
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Éditeur: Lynn Ruth Miller
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