Bright Angel Time - Hardcover

McPhee, Martha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679450084 ISBN 13: 9780679450085

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1997

Synopsis

Three young daughters struggle to cope with their parents' divorce, dislocation, and the radical new lifestyle their mother adopts when she falls in love with an Esalen expert on passion and love, in a story set in the early 1970s and narrated by young Kate. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.

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Review

"An original, peculiarly American story. McPhee writes with assurance. Her story flows smoothly, and she dissects her characters kindly."

"Funny and acerbic. Melds The Bobbsey Twins with On the Road."

"If you're looking for a fresh voice, try Martha McPhee's first novel . . . Whip-smart."

"Full of beautiful writing and dead-on observations about the era that spawned broken families and broken hearts."

"Told with great verve and poetic sweep, a wise, pointed, utterly absorbing childhood narrative--honest, and above all, original."

"Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing. İit¨ quietly and gracefully finds a resting place in the reader's heart." -- Tim O'Brien "Author of A LAKE IN THE WOODS"

"If you''re looking for a fresh voice, try Martha McPhee''s first novel . . . Whip-smart."

"In this well-rendered tale of misplaced dreams and forgotten realities, McPhee''s prose is delicate and lovely as an angel''s wing."

"Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing? [it] quietly and gracefully finds a resting place in the reader''s heart." -- Tim O'Brien "Author of A LAKE IN THE WOODS"

"Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing. [it] quietly and gracefully finds a resting place in the reader's heart." -- Tim O'Brien "Author of A LAKE IN THE WOODS"

"Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing... [it] quietly and gracefully finds a resting place in the reader's heart."--Tim O'Brien "Author of A LAKE IN THE WOODS "

PRAISE FOR BRIGHT ANGEL TIME
"To get a sense of what Martha McPhee's affecting first novel is like, imagine Rabbit Run or Revolutionary Road written from the point of view of an 8-year-old child." - -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Gorgeous . . . In this well-rendered tale of misplaced dreams and forgotten realities, McPhee's prose is as delicate and lovely as an angel's wing."-US
PRAISE FOR BRIGHT ANGEL TIME
"To get a sense of what Martha McPhee's affecting first novel is like, imagine Rabbit Run or Revolutionary Road written from the point of view of an 8-year-old child." - -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Gorgeous . . . In this well-rendered tale of misplaced dreams and forgotten realities, McPhee's prose is as delicate and lovely as an angel's wing."-US
"Sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing [it] quietly and gracefully finds a resting place in the reader's heart."
--Tim O'Brien "Author of A LAKE IN THE WOODS ""

"Martha McPhee writes with the shimmering solidity of rock. [A] strikingly effective and richly textured debut volume."
--Edward Hirsch "Author of HOW TO READ A POEM "

Book Description

Bright Angel Time by Martha McPhee is a dazzling first novel about three children whose lives are turned upside down when their mother falls in love with a mysterious, seductive therapist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0679450084
• ISBN 13: 9780679450085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244