Crescent City - Hardcover

Plain Belva

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 5550488221 ISBN 13: 9785550488225

Publisher: Delacorte Press, 1984

Synopsis

Miriam Raphael, with her brother David, is taken by her newly-found father from her impoverished childhood in Europe to the elegance of New Orleans. But David's political idealism causes a rift with his father and it is Miriam alone who is raised in Crescent city.

About this title

Review:

"Rich, colorful, and compelling." -- "John Barkham Reviews.
"Belva Plain doesn't know how not to write a best-seller." -- "Newsday.

"Rich, colorful, and compelling."--"John Barkham Reviews".

"Belva Plain doesn't know how not to write a best-seller."--"Newsday".

"Rich, colorful, and compelling." "John Barkham Reviews."
"Belva Plain doesn't know how not to write a best-seller." "Newsday.""

"Rich, colorful, and compelling."--John Barkham Reviews.

"Belva Plain doesn't know how not to write a best-seller."--Newsday.

About the Author:

Belva Plain captured readers' hearts with her first novel, Evergreen, which Delacorte published more than 30 years ago. It topped the New York Times best-seller list for 41 weeks and aired as an NBC-TV miniseries. In total, more than 20 of her books have been New York Times best sellers.

Before becoming a novelist, Belva Plain wrote short stories for many major magazines, but taking care of a husband and three children did not give her the time to concentrate on the novel she had always wanted to write. When she looked back and said she didn't have the time, she felt as though she had been making excuses. In retrospect, she said, "I didn't make the time." But, she reminded us, during the era that she was raising her family, women were supposed to concentrate only on their children. Today 30 million copies of her books are in print.

A Barnard College graduate who majored in history, Belva Plain enjoyed a wonderful marriage of more than 40 years to Irving Plain, an ophthalmologist. Widowed for more than 25 years, Ms. Plain continued to reside in New Jersey, where she and her husband had raised their family and which was still home to her nearby children and grandchildren until her death in October 2010.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 5550488221
• ISBN 13: 9785550488225
• Binding: Hardcover