Mrs. Hornstein

With a raw lyricism all her own, Fredrica Wagman writes of family, of passing generations, of love and striving, of grief and loss and renewal. Her narrator, Marty, begins with a day burned in her memory, when as a young woman in love, she meets her future mother-in-law, Mrs. Hornstien. She ends her tale many years later, poised to meet her own son's future bride. Within the elegantly drawn arc of this natural succession Wagman gathers with unsparing honesty more than one lifetime's...
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With a raw lyricism all her own, Fredrica Wagman writes of family, of passing generations, of love and striving, of grief and loss and renewal. Her narrator, Marty, begins with a day burned in her memory, when as a young woman in love, she meets her future mother-in-law, Mrs. Hornstien. She ends her tale many years later, poised to meet her own son's future bride. Within the elegantly drawn arc of this natural succession Wagman gathers with unsparing honesty more than one lifetime's worth of wisdom about women's lives. And standing at the center of this pageant is the unforgettable figure of Mrs. Hornstien.