Lithium For Medea - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140126414 ISBN 13: 9780140126419

Publisher: Penguin, 1989

Synopsis

In this startling, intense novel, Kate Braverman uses the language and sensibilities of a poet to create a portrait of a young woman on the brink of self-discovery.

About this title

About the Author:

KATE BRAVERMAN is a native of Los Angeles who grew up surrounded by the counterculture of San Francisco. She has published several novels, including The Incantation of Frida K. (2002), Wonders of the West (1993), Palm Latitudes (1988), and Lithium for Medea (1979), books of poetry--Postcards from August (1990), Hurricane Warnings (1987), Lullaby for Sinners (1980), and Milkrun (1977)--and a collection of stories, Squandering the Blue (1990). She won the O. Henry Award in 1992.

Synopsis:

Probes the strained relationships between a woman and her abrasive mother, her cancer-stricken father, an ex-husband who is permanently tuned into Star Trek, and Jason, her erotic but higly manipulative lover.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0140126414
• ISBN 13: 9780140126419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256