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Follows twenty-five years in the life of charismatic opportunist Ken Kimble as seen through the eyes of his three wives, from Birdie, who struggles with his abandonment; to heiress Joan, who is recovering from a personal loss; to Dinah, who suffers from an unhappy past. A first novel.
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‘A luminous debut novel...with memorable, vibrant characters, that will have wide appeal.’ Booklist
‘The measured prose and care for detail show a promising talent.’ Kirkus Reviews
‘This moving novel explores questions of love and loss – the first, second and third time around.’ Glamour
‘Each Mrs Kimble comes tantalizingly alive thanks to the author’s considerable gift for conjuring up a character with the tiniest of details.’ Washington Post
Jennifer Haigh is the author of the short-story collection News from Heaven and four critically acclaimed novels: Faith, The Condition, Baker Towers, and Mrs. Kimble. Her books have won both the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction and the PEN/L.L. Winship Award for work by a New England writer. Her short fiction has been published widely, in The Atlantic, Granta, The Best American Short Stories, and many other places. She lives in Boston.
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- ISBN 10 0060535164
- ISBN 13 9780060535162
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