Tuxedo Park - Softcover

Laura Furman (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965746887 ISBN 13: 9780965746885

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Sadie, refusing to accept her failed marriage to Willard Weaver, raises her two girls alone in a private world of power and isolation while preserving her fidelity until a near-tragedy occurs

About this title

About the Author:

Laura Furman was born in New York, and educated in New York City public schools and at Bennington College. Her first story appeared in "The New Yorker" in 1976, and since then her work has been published in many magazines, including "Yale Review, ""Southwest Review, Ploughshares, American Scholar, ""Preservation, House & Garden, " and other magazines. Her books include three collections of short stories", "two novels, ""and a memoir. She is the recipient of fellowships from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Dobie Paisano Project, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has received grants in residency at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and in 2009 she was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. She taught for many years in the Department of English at the University of Texas at Austin. Series editor of "The PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories "since 2002, Furman selects the twenty winning stories each year. She lives in Central Texas.""

About this edition

• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0965746887
• ISBN 13: 9780965746885
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 277