Degrees of Love - Hardcover

Basch, Rachel

3.37

126 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393046257 ISBN 13: 9780393046250

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998

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When Jack Keliher and Lily Sterne have to face a child abuse investigation after their daughter is accidentally burned, Lily worries that her psychiatric history will cause her to lose her daughter, while Jack casts all the blame on Lily, and they both must come to terms with all the differences that are ruining their relationship

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praise and comments on Rachel Basch's DEGREES OF LOVE
PRAISE FOR DEGREES OF LOVE:

"Can this really be a first novel? In DEGREES OF LOVE, Rachel Basch invites us into a true-to-life contemporary family that is immersed in a contemporary drama that could happen to any of us. Engaging and wise, poignant and intelligent, Basch's entree into the world of fiction is a welcome one. Every parent should read this book. No; everyone should." -Ann Hood, author of Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine

"Written with intelligence and wit and a knowing heart, DEGREES OF LOVE is a story so real the written page disappears and there is nothing but these lives--Lily, Jack, their three small kids--and a domestic refuge turned inside out. This story will stop your heart. With prose that is beautiful and alert, and dialogue so sharp it smacks in your ear, Rachel Basch thoroughly and unflinchingly uncovers the cruelest truth of family life: the enormity of parents' love for their children, and the impossibility that love can ever keep those children safe." --Anna Monardo, author of Courtyard of Dreams

"DEGREES OF LOVE is that first-rate combination of absorbing narrative and masterful prose. In this wise and moving exploration of the many layers of the family dynamic suffering through a crisis and recovering from it, Basch knows every inch of her territory--from a major issue such as the nature of nurturing to the most subtle gesture of a child." --Tricia Bauer, author of Boondocking

from KIRKUS REVIEWS, 4.15.98:

"A perfectly pitched tale...that illuminates the convoluted workings of the heart, and of the wider world, with grace and intelligence...A well-rendered victory of love and common sense in a notable debut novel."

About the Author:

Rachel Basch is the author of three novels: The Listerner, The Passion of Reverend Nash, and Degrees of Love. She currently teaches in Fairfield University's MFA Program and in Wesleyan University's Graduate Liberal Studies Program.

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