Highwire Moon: A Novel - Softcover

Straight, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385722613 ISBN 13: 9780385722612

Publisher: Anchor Books, 2002

Synopsis

Two generations of women--Serafina, a Mexican-Indian girl who emigrates illegally to California, and her daughter, Elvia, separated from her mother when Serafina is deported--struggle to maintain their dignity amidst the frequently brutal world of migrant farm labor. By the author of Aquaboogie. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

“Her gallery of misfits reminds one of Flannery O’Connor’s—but with a dash of sympathy and human goodness.”?—The Washington Post Book World “An eye-opener of a novel, a road map to the real California . . . [Straight] turns headlines into poetry.”?—The New York Times Book Review “Packed with the kind of detail about people, places and emotions that transport the reader to a different world.”?—San Francisco Chronicle “One of America’s gutsiest writers . . . a polyglot with an astonishing ear for how people really talk in places we hardly remember they are living.”?—The Baltimore Sun “Heartrending.”—Publishers Weekly 

About the Author:

Susan Straight's novels include I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots, Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights, and The Gettin Place. Her work has appeared in Harper's, Salon.com, Reader's Digest, and other leading periodicals. She was born in Riverside, California, and lives there with her three daughters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0385722613
• ISBN 13: 9780385722612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306