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Burning Marguerite Inness-Brown's ecstatically received first novel is a brilliant narrative in which two lives are revealed and notions of motherhood, loyalty, love, and perhaps death itself, are examined. Full description
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"Vivid yet concise, Inness-Brown's language burns away all but the essence of her story." --The New York Times Book Review "Takes the concept of motherhood . . . into the realm of poetry. . . . Reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor with a touch of Nathaniel Hawthorne." --Philadelphia Inquirer "Densely-layered . . . dramatic. . . . Inness-Brown possesses an assured touch for conveying the vivid harshness of her setting." --The Miami Herald "Though written in visual, spare prose, there's nothing simple about this story. . . . Filled with haunting places and beautifully drawn characters, Burning Marguerite is a sterling novel." --The Baltimore Sun "Hauntingly surprising . . . masterfully controlled. . . . A stunning debut." --San Francisco Chronicle "[The characters'] stories unfold in a combination of grand sweep and everyday detail. . . and indelibility but reminds us that even everyday life. . . can lead to epic crossroads--and beautifully written novels." --The Chicago Tribune "This careful interweaving of past and present, of death and of the life that preceded it, is masterfully conceived and structured." --The Trenton Times "Elizabeth Inness-Brown proves herself already a master of description." --Time Out New York "To read this book is to feel the quiet at its center, like a cathedral, empty but filled with the wound of silence. At its heart is an elegant and understated examination of the obligations and endurance of love." --The Times-Picayune "The world is filled with tales of a mother's love, but few as wistful or wise as Burning Marguerite. Elizabeth Inness-Brown knows exactly what magic brims in a mother's--and, yes, a son's--heart." --Chris Bohjalian, author of The Buffalo Soldier and Midwives "[Inness-Brown's] descriptive writing is rich and evocative. The reader might actually shiver at her descriptions of winter in Vermont and perspire at those of summer in New Orleans." --The Roanoke Times "Finishing Burning Marguerite was a bittersweet experience. I look forward to future novels by this intriguing and very talented writer." --The Anniston Star "Burning Marguerite is a novel of hidden things, a book with sweeping range, intense feeling, delicate detail. It catches you in the web of its first pages and will not let go. It is utterly wonderful." --Frederick Barthelme
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A wonderfully evocative first novel set admist the ice and snow of a New England island.
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0375726225
- ISBN 13 9780375726224
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Awakening on a cold winter morning to find the body of his ninety-four-year-old "Tante" Marguerite Deo lying dead outside his cabin, carpenter James Jack must confront the mystery of her death and the secrets that have impacted his own life, in a story that moves from turn-of-the-century New England Awakening on a cold winter morning to find the body of his ninety- four-year-old "Tante" Marguerite Deo lying dead outside his cabin, carpenter James Jack must confront the mystery of her death and the secrets that have impacted his own life, in a story that moves from turn-of-the-century New England Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780375726224
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. Reprint. One winter morning James Jack Wright finds ninetyfouryearold Marguerite Deothe woman he has always known as Tantelying dead in the woods outside his cabin clad only in a flowered nightgown With this arresting scene Elizabeth InnessBrown ushers readers into her mysterious and lyrical narrative the story of two closely braided lives that forces a reconsideration of our notions of maternity loyalty love and perhaps death itselfAs James Jack sets out to fulfill Marguerites unusual last wishes the narrative unveils the secrets of their pasts It arcs from Depressionera New Orleans to a barren New England island at the turn of the century from an illicit passion and an unforgivable crime to the relationship between a small boy and a tough reclusive woman who turns out to possess an unsuspected capacity for love. Seller Inventory # DADAX0375726225
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