A Bigamist's Daughter - Softcover

McDermott, Alice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385333293 ISBN 13: 9780385333290

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1999

Synopsis

Elizabeth Connelly sits in a New York office that looks like a real editor’s, but isn’t quite. Employed at a vanity press, Elizabeth watches the real world—of real struggles, passion, pain, and love—spin around her. Until one day, a young writer comes to her with a novel about a man who loves more than one woman at once. And suddenly Elizabeth will be awakened from her young urban professional slumber—by a man’s real touch, by a real story in search of an ending, by the unraveling of the greatest masquerade of all—in Alice McDermott’s luminous novel of memory, revelation, and desire.

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Review

" Impressive...McDermott writes with assurance and skill, and has created a fascinatingly prismatic story." -- Anne Tyler, "New York Times Book Review"
" McDermott is an enormously skilled and assured writer who transforms the ordinary into something resonant and magical." -- "Cleveland Plain Dealer"
" Alice McDermott' s novels are like family albums, each scene hazy with the yellow light of history, nostalgic as faded Polaroids." -- "San Francisco Examiner"
" Splendid...this is nothing less than a brilliant first novel." -- "Virginia Quarterly Review"

"Impressive...McDermott writes with assurance and skill, and has created a fascinatingly prismatic story."--Anne Tyler, "New York Times Book Review"
"McDermott is an enormously skilled and assured writer who transforms the ordinary into something resonant and magical."--"Cleveland Plain Dealer"
"Alice McDermott's novels are like family albums, each scene hazy with the yellow light of history, nostalgic as faded Polaroids."--"San Francisco Examiner"
"Splendid...this is nothing less than a brilliant first novel."--"Virginia Quarterly Review"

"Impressive...A fascinatingly prismatic story." --Anne Tyler, "The New York Times Book Review

""One of our finest novelists at work today." --"Los Angeles Times

""There's no one like Alice McDermott...her touch is light as a feather, her perceptions purely accurate." --"Elle"

"Beautifully written." --"The Washington Post

""A masterly and admirable first novel...A Bigamist's Daughter sparkles with crisp language and fine, precise writing....A richly detailed story." --"The Kansas City Star

""McDermott is an enormously skilled and assured writer who transforms the ordinary into something magical." --"The Cleveland Plain Dealer "

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Impressive A fascinatingly prismatic story. "Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review"

One of our finest novelists at work today. "Los Angeles Times"

There's no one like Alice McDermott her touch is light as a feather, her perceptions purely accurate. "Elle"

Beautifully written. "The Washington Post"

A masterly and admirable first novel...A Bigamist's Daughter sparkles with crisp language and fine, precise writing .A richly detailed story. "The Kansas City Star"

McDermott is an enormously skilled and assured writer who transforms the ordinary into something magical. "The Cleveland Plain Dealer""

Impressive A fascinatingly prismatic story. Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review

One of our finest novelists at work today. Los Angeles Times

There's no one like Alice McDermott her touch is light as a feather, her perceptions purely accurate. Elle

Beautifully written. The Washington Post

A masterly and admirable first novel...A Bigamist's Daughter sparkles with crisp language and fine, precise writing .A richly detailed story. The Kansas City Star

McDermott is an enormously skilled and assured writer who transforms the ordinary into something magical. The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"

"Impressive...A fascinatingly prismatic story." --Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review

"One of our finest novelists at work today." --Los Angeles Times

"There's no one like Alice McDermott...her touch is light as a feather, her perceptions purely accurate." --Elle

"Beautifully written." --The Washington Post

"A masterly and admirable first novel...A Bigamist's Daughter sparkles with crisp language and fine, precise writing....A richly detailed story." --The Kansas City Star

"McDermott is an enormously skilled and assured writer who transforms the ordinary into something magical." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer

-Impressive...A fascinatingly prismatic story.- --Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review

-One of our finest novelists at work today.- --Los Angeles Times

-There's no one like Alice McDermott...her touch is light as a feather, her perceptions purely accurate.- --Elle

-Beautifully written.- --The Washington Post

-A masterly and admirable first novel...A Bigamist's Daughter sparkles with crisp language and fine, precise writing....A richly detailed story.- --The Kansas City Star

-McDermott is an enormously skilled and assured writer who transforms the ordinary into something magical.- --The Cleveland Plain Dealer

About the Author

Alice McDermott is the author of five previous novels, including A Bigamist’s Daughter; Child of My Heart; Charming Billy; winner of the 1998 National Book Award; At Weddings and Wakes; and That Night. She lives with her family outside Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0385333293
• ISBN 13: 9780385333290
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290