Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time.

BOLAND, Eavan.

ISBN 10: 0393037169 / ISBN 13: 9780393037166

Edité par W. W. Norton and Company, New York, 1995

A propos de cet article

First U.S. edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. xvi, 254 pages. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

N° de réf. du vendeur 8070

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time.
• Éditeur: W. W. Norton and Company, New York
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0393037169
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780393037166
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: As New
• État de la jaquette: As New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Essays
  • Poetry
  • Literature

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Synopsis

Book by Boland Eavan

Quatrième de couverture

It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City and twelve-year-old Maggie Scanlan begins to sense that despite the calm normality of her family everything is about to go horribly wrong...

When her all-powerful grandfather is struck down by a stroke Maggie is astonished to see her dispassionate father breakdown. Connie, her beautiful mother, is equally changed, becoming distant and unavailable. Matters only get worse when her cousin and her best friend start doing things to each other that leave Maggie confused about sex and terrified of sin.

With her life in turmoil Maggie must find a new normal before she loses herself completely.'An intelligent, highly entertaining novel laced with acute perceptions about the nature of day-to-day family life' Anne Tyler, New York Times Book Review

'Quindlen is at her best writing about the dislocations of growing up, the blows a child does not see coming' Time

'The characters are quirky and vividly drawn... The writing is lovely, and shows humour and quiet insight... Quindlen is an intelligent and imaginative writer' The Boston Globe