While most of the action unfolds along the East Coast -- in Maryland, Maine, Boston, Philadelphia, New York -- several of the women travel to Arizona, California, and Jamaica. Often the light is too bright in these glittery places and they wonder why they have come. Many seem to be searching for a sense of home, which one girl describes as a place that is "complete and full of longing all at once."
Yet this desire for a personal territory, a point of constancy, is not necessarily rewarded: in this book, separations lead to divorce, sisters continue to misread each other, cancers kill. Still, the women refuse to turn their gaze away from what the world has thrown in their path. Often as not, they pick it up, wonder at it, test its relevance, and continue on, not happier perhaps, but certainly more knowing.
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While most of the action unfolds along the East Coast -- in Maryland, Maine, Boston, Philadelphia, New York -- several of the women travel to Arizona, California, and Jamaica. Often the light is too bright in these glittery places and they wonder why they have come. Many seem to be searching for a sense of home, which one girl describes as a place that is "complete and full of longing all at once."
Yet this desire for a personal territory, a point of constancy, is not necessarily rewarded: in this book, separations lead to divorce, sisters continue to misread each other, cancers kill. Still, the women refuse to turn their gaze away from what the world has thrown in their path. Often as not, they pick it up, wonder at it, test its relevance, and continue on, not happier perhaps, but certainly more knowing.
Imprint | University of Massachusetts Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | November 1997 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
First published | November 1997 |
Authors | Charlotte Bacon |
Dimensions | 230 x 145 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 200 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-55849-114-4 |
Barcode | 9781558491144 |
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LSN | 1-55849-114-7 |