The Mare A Novel |
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| Author:
| Gaitskill, Mary |
| Series title: | Vintage Contemporaries Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-307-74360-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2016 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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One of the Best Books of the Year The New York Times *
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Kansas City Star When Velveteen Vargas, an eleven-year-old Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn, comes to stay with a family in upstate New York, what begins as a two-week visit blossoms into something much more significant. Soon Velvet finds herself torn between her...
More Description One of the Best Books of the Year
The New York Times * The Washington Post * NPR * San Francisco Chronicle * Vanity Fair * Milwaukee Journal Sentinel * Kansas City Star
When Velveteen Vargas, an eleven-year-old Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn, comes to stay with a family in upstate New York, what begins as a two-week visit blossoms into something much more significant. Soon Velvet finds herself torn between her host family--Ginger, a failed artist and shakily recovered alcoholic; and Paul, a college professor--and her own deeply tormented mother. The one constant becomes Velvet's newly discovered passion for horse riding--and especially for an abused, unruly mare named Fugly Girl. A stirring and deeply felt novel, The Mare is Mary Gaitskill's most poignant and powerful work yet--a stunning exploration of a girl and her horse, and of the way we connect with people from all walks of life.