I am Mary Dunne (New Canadian Library S.) - Softcover

Moore, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771092288 ISBN 13: 9780771092282

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1991

Synopsis

A novel of female sexuality. Mary Lavery lives in New York, happily married to a distinguished British playwright, but there have been two previous husbands and a passionate Catholic girlhood. So who is Mary Lavery, nee Dunne? The author's successes include the W.H. Smith Literary Award.

About this title

Review:

‘An extraordinary piece of feminine characterisation.’
Sunday Times

‘I can think of no other living male novelist who writes about women with such sympathy and understanding.’
Times Literary Supplement

‘As complex and satisfying as anything Moore has yet done.’
Observer

‘One of the truest and most awesome books I have ever read.’
Scotsman

From the Back Cover:

A beautiful woman in her early thirties, Mary Lavery, née Dunne lives in New York and is happily married to a much fêted British playwright. But before this there have been other lives, two previous husbands, and a Catholic girlhood willed with suppressed passion. A brief encounter with an old friend brings back a sudden flood of memories from the past – memories which confuse and disturb ...

Female desire and sexuality, and the elusive nature of identity are brilliantly explored in this novel which glimmers with insight and truth.

“An extraordinary piece of feminine characterisation.”
SUNDAY TIMES

“I can think of no other living male novelist who writes about women with such sympathy and understanding.”
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

“As complex and satisfying as anything Moore has yet done.”
OBSERVER

“One of the truest and most awesome books I have ever read.”
SCOTSMAN

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About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0771092288
• ISBN 13: 9780771092282
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 217