Late Bloomer: A Novel - Hardcover

Pritchard, Melissa

2.98

40 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385503040 ISBN 13: 9780385503044

Publisher: Doubleday, 2004

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Teaching a college course about personal journeys after a series of failed relationships, Prudence True Parker is asked by a dying romance author to finish his popular series, finds love with a young Comanche artist, and joins a team of Native American activists on a madcap trip to Arizona.

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Review:

"Hilarious. . . . Pritchard is a rambunctious, witty writer, devilishly attuned to details and pop culture." --Chicago Tribune

"Ravishing." -Vanity Fair
"Sharply written. . . . Offers cutting insight into the place of aging women in society, the definition of manliness and the dance of courtship itself." -The Washington Post
"Absolutely fresh. [Pritchard's] language snaps with newness, sharp detail and goofy humor. . . . Prudence True Parker is a magnificent character." -The Journal News
"A brilliant mix of romance and satire. . . . Pritchard's quicksilver ability to blend biting social/political commentary with a rueful analysis of relationships makes this lesson in true romance an absolutely sage-scented delight." -Publishers Weekly (starred)

About the Author:

Melissa Pritchard is the author of three short story collections, Disappearing Ingenue, The Instinct for Bliss, and Spirit Seizures, and two novels, Phoenix and Selene of the Spirits. Pritchard was awarded a Pushcart Prize for “Funktionslust,” which appeared in The Paris Review. Her story “Salve Regina” was included in Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards. Among numerous other awards, she has received the Flannery O’Connor Award, the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, and a Howard Foundation Fellowship from Brown University. She is Director of the M.F.A. Creative Writing Program at Arizona State University and is on the faculty of Spalding University.

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