A Bigamist's Daughter : A Novel

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One of America's most beloved novelists, National Book Award winner Alice McDermott has enchanted us with her tender yet unflinching portraits of families and lovers, dreamers and survivors.A Bigamist's Daughteris the book that launched this writer's spectacular careeran ingenious debut novel capturing the dance of memory and aftermath, while raising provocative questions about the very act of writing a novel. Elizabeth Connelly is an editor at a vanity press, guiding mediocre but often well-heeled authors through the experience of getting published (though they must pay for the process themselves). But when Tupper Daniels brings his manuscript to her, she finds herself confronting a chapter from her own past, and the line between her professional and personal life dissolves. Tupper's storyline features a man who loves more than one woman at the same time, a situation that echoes Elizabeth's recollections of her father. As she begins to unravel the unspoken mysteries of her parents' lives, she awakens to new longings, and to a startling new vision of how her life might unfold. The questions and discussion topics that follow are intended to enhance your reading of Alice McDermott'sA Bigamist's Daughter.We hope they will enrich your experience of this haunting novel.

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