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My Old Sweetheart
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Series: Vintage Contemporaries
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ISBN10: 0679776419
ISBN13: 9780679776413
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Jul 29 1997
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.22 Depth: 7.99
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780679776413
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Jul 29 1997
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.22 Depth: 7.99
Language: English
Susanna Moore's novel astonished me--one of those brilliant objects that come along only rarely, all light on clear water, and then one realizes the faster currents underneath, the terrible swiftness of sex and time.
--Joan Didion In this mesmerizing novel, Susanna Moore displays a naturalist's eye for the landscape of her native Hawaii and an uncanny sensitivity to the despairing love between mothers and daughters. Lily Shields grows up amid the fragrance of night-jasmine and burning sugar cane, and the heady atmosphere of her mother's madness. For if Anna Shields is an island unto herself--fragile, glamorous, and fearfully needy--Lily is the bridge that connects her to reality. But now Lily is a young woman and a mother herself, self-exiled from Hawaii but still attached to Anna's tragedy. And as she tries to untangle those threads of love and loyalty, Moore gives us a novel of shimmering beauty and sadness. My Old Sweetheart is a small classic, perfectly formed and mysteriously wise. Susanna Moore is a gifted and compelling novelist . . . in possession of her own unique voice.
--Joan Didion In this mesmerizing novel, Susanna Moore displays a naturalist's eye for the landscape of her native Hawaii and an uncanny sensitivity to the despairing love between mothers and daughters. Lily Shields grows up amid the fragrance of night-jasmine and burning sugar cane, and the heady atmosphere of her mother's madness. For if Anna Shields is an island unto herself--fragile, glamorous, and fearfully needy--Lily is the bridge that connects her to reality. But now Lily is a young woman and a mother herself, self-exiled from Hawaii but still attached to Anna's tragedy. And as she tries to untangle those threads of love and loyalty, Moore gives us a novel of shimmering beauty and sadness. My Old Sweetheart is a small classic, perfectly formed and mysteriously wise. Susanna Moore is a gifted and compelling novelist . . . in possession of her own unique voice.
--The New York Times Book Review I can't recall another novel like this about mothers and daughters. . . . Lily's mysterious, half-told tale delighted and touched me.
--Susan Lydon, Village Voice
--Susan Lydon, Village Voice
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