Author: Maud DiverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Desmond's Daughter
Author: Maud DiverThe Widow's Children
Author: Paula FoxPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393319637
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
An evening dining out with the family in New York City escalates into a feast of vicious innuendo and subtle cruelty for Laura Maldonado Clapper, her husband, her browbeaten daughter, her flamboyant brother, and an editor she has not seen in over a year.
The Widow's Children: A Novel
Author: Paula FoxPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039334214X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"Chekhovian. . . . Every line of Fox's story, every gesture of her characters, is alive and surprising."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times On the eve of their trip to Africa, Laura Maldonada Clapper and her husband, Desmond, sit in a New York City hotel room, drinking scotch-and-sodas and awaiting the arrival of three friends: Clara Hansen, Laura's timid, brow-beaten daughter from a previous marriage; Carlos, Laura's flamboyant and charming brother; and Peter Rice, a melancholy editor whom Laura hasn't seen for over a year. But what begins as a bon voyage party soon parlays into a bitter, claustrophobic clash of family resentment. From the hotel room to the tony restaurant to which the five embark, Laura presides over the escalating innuendo and hostility with imperial cruelty, for she is hiding the knowledge that her mother, the family matriarch, has died of a heart attack that morning. A novel as intense as it is unerringly observed, The Widow's Children is another revelation of the storyteller's art from the incomparable Paula Fox.
What Became of Mr. Desmond
Author: Constance Antonina BoylePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Captain Desmond, V.C.
Author: Maud DiverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
What Became of Mr. Desmond
Author: C. Nina BoyleThe Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington
Author: Richard Robert MaddenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Literary Life and Corrispondence of the Countess of Blessington R. R. Madden
Author: New Catholic World
Author: Bulletin
Author: Johnson Public Library (Hackensack, N.J.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description