Women and Children First Stories |
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| Author:
| Prose, Francine |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4804-4528-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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"Reading [this book] is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape" (Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres). The twelve "meticulously observed" stories of
Women and Children First showcase
New York Times-bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Francine Prose at her finest--offering a glimpse into the...
More Description "Reading [this book] is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape" (Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres).
The twelve "meticulously observed" stories of Women and Children First showcase New York Times-bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Francine Prose at her finest--offering a glimpse into the lives of men and women searching for connection and meaning in a world that often seems pre-programmed for absurdity (The New York Times).
An adult daughter struggling to understand her father's newfound Hasidic faith, an alcoholic trying to improve himself by fasting, a housewife enrolled in the New Consciousness Academy, a French literature professor who's begun to fear Madame Bovary, and a young woman seeking direction from a Tibetan master in the company of neurotic, overeager followers--these are the achingly, hilariously real people who inhabit these "wise and witty" stories (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).