The Life Before Her Eyes Pa - Softcover

Kasischke, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156027127 ISBN 13: 9780156027120

Publisher: Harvest, 2002

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2002 Pages: 280 Publisher: Harvest Books Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend Maureen. Suddenly a classmate enters holding a gun and Diana sees her life dance before her EYES In a moment the future she was just imagining-a doting wife and mother at the age of forty-is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. In prose infused with the dramatically feminine sensuality of spring. we experience seventeen-year-old Diana's uncertain steps into womanhood-her awkward. heated forays into sex; her fresh. fragile construction of an identity. Together with the sights and sounds of renewal. we experience the tasks of Diana's adulthood: protecting her beloved daughter and holding onto her successful husband. An acclaimed writer and poet. Laura Kasischke has crafted a consciousness that encompasses the truth of a teenager's world and...

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Review:

PRAISE FOR THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES

"Hauntingly original . . . A tour de force."--O Magazine

"Potent and poetic storytelling. Such is the agility of [Kasischke's] writing that it can encompass both a heinously nihilistic act and a most magical . . . outcome."--Elle

"Poetic . . . A novel that takes on deep matters of life and death; conscience and consciousness; family, love, and friendship."--Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

Laura Kasischke is the author of two novels and three collections of poetry. Her numerous awards include the Alice Fay DiCastagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Bobst Award for Emerging Writers. She lives in Chelsea, Michigan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvest
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0156027127
• ISBN 13: 9780156027120
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294