ANYWHERE B/HERE-V559 - Softcover

Simpson, Mona

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394755596 ISBN 13: 9780394755595

Publisher: Vintage, 1987

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A glamorous mother and daughter are driving impecuniously across America to California, so that Ann can become a child star - provided her mother can grow up. When the fiery relationship and maternal blackmail becomes too much for Ann, she phones her grandmother for reassurance.

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Review:

"'An amazing novel. Mona Simpson joins those female literary stars - Colette, Willa Cather - whose voices are uniquely recognizable, always their own' Vogue; 'Original and profound' Independent; 'Full of remarkable observations of people... the most commonplace events are recreated in an utterly compelling way' Times Literary Supplement; 'Stunning... Simpson takes on - and reinvents - many of America's essential myths' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times; 'Anywhere But Here is a wonder: big, complex, masterfully written, it's an achievement that lands Simpson in the front ranks of our best novelists' Newsweek"

Book Description:

Anywhere But Here by Mona Simpson displays her astonishing ear for the nuance of emotional politics and mother-daughter relationships, and marks this startling and original debut as a book from one of the finest voices in American fiction.

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