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This novel tells the story of Isabel Moore who must, as her father is dead, finally face the world at thirty. No longer safe, she discovers that she is beautiful, that men desire her and that she desires them. She turns from a "good Catholic girl" into a warm, vital woman, hungry for life.
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A first class writer. . . . A splendid balancing act of the intellect and the emotions on a high-tension wire. The New York Times
"A novel of great vitality and wit. . . . It can be read on many levels and enjoyed on every one of them." Philadelphia Inquirer
"Incredibly perceptive and good." Houston Chronicle
"Every so often a first novel of extraordinary quality . . . becomes a commercial as well as artistic success. . . . It couldn't happen to a better novel." Los Angeles Times"
"A first class writer. . . . A splendid balancing act of the intellect and the emotions on a high-tension wire."--The New York Times "A novel of great vitality and wit. . . . It can be read on many levels and enjoyed on every one of them." --Philadelphia Inquirer "Incredibly perceptive and good."--Houston Chronicle "Every so often a first novel of extraordinary quality . . . becomes a commercial as well as artistic success. . . . It couldn't happen to a better novel."--Los Angeles Times
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"A novel of great vitality and wit. . . . It can be read on many levels and enjoyed on every one of them." Philadelphia Inquirer
"Incredibly perceptive and good." Houston Chronicle
"Every so often a first novel of extraordinary quality . . . becomes a commercial as well as artistic success. . . . It couldn't happen to a better novel." Los Angeles Times"
"A first class writer. . . . A splendid balancing act of the intellect and the emotions on a high-tension wire."--The New York Times "A novel of great vitality and wit. . . . It can be read on many levels and enjoyed on every one of them." --Philadelphia Inquirer "Incredibly perceptive and good."--Houston Chronicle "Every so often a first novel of extraordinary quality . . . becomes a commercial as well as artistic success. . . . It couldn't happen to a better novel."--Los Angeles Times
Mary Gordon is the author of the novels Spending, The Company of Women, The Rest of Life, Final Payments, and The Other Side, as well as the memoir The Shadow Man. She has received a Lila Wallace--Reader's Digest Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 1997 O. Henry Award for best story. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0140113657
- ISBN 13 9780140113655
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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