Finding My Voice |
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| Author:
| Lee, Marie G. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-440-21896-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1994 |
| Publisher: | Random House Children's Books
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| Imprint: | Laurel Leaf |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $3.99 |
Book Description:
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"Lewis Warsh has written a meticulously schemed novel of those arid pastures where men and women are trapped between desire and reality. The tug of their daily life is too strong for the pathetic forays they make into a larger world of romantic narrative. Unable to communicate with one another, frustrated and angry, they retire into their impotent daydreams. In his wry and deadpan way, Warsh emphasizes that in the contemporary world he has described, there are no Anna...
More Description "Lewis Warsh has written a meticulously schemed novel of those arid pastures where men and women are trapped between desire and reality. The tug of their daily life is too strong for the pathetic forays they make into a larger world of romantic narrative. Unable to communicate with one another, frustrated and angry, they retire into their impotent daydreams. In his wry and deadpan way, Warsh emphasizes that in the contemporary world he has described, there are no Anna Kareninas, no Emma Bovarys--only Agnes and Sally and their similarly bewildered mates, Jacob and Bob."--Barbara Guest