| In My Mother's House Contributor(s): McMullan, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312318251 ISBN-13: 9780312318253 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: "In My Mother's House" is a beautiful, haunting, and expertly told novel about a daughter's obsession to understand her mother's commitment to silence about their family's experiences during WWII Vienna. The story of Elizabeth and her mother Jenny is remarkable for its fullness of details: the pieces of family silver the grandmother mails to Jenny, piece by piece, over the years; Jenny's vivid memories of her uncle's viola d'amore lessons; the smell of the wood floors in the family's Vienna home. It's an emotional story of what is inherited from one generation to the next. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.4" W x 5.5" (0.8 lbs) 272 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In My Mother's House is a beautiful, haunting, and expertly told novel about a daughter's obsession to understand her mother's commitment to silence about their family's experiences during WWII Vienna. The story of Elizabeth and her mother Jenny is remarkable for its fullness of details: the pieces of family silver the grandmother mails to Jenny, piece by piece, over the years; Jenny's vivid memories of her uncle's viola d'amore lessons; the smell of the wood floors in the family's Vienna home. It's an emotional story of what is inherited from one generation to the next. |
Contributor Bio(s): McMullan, Margaret: - Margaret McMullan is an English professor at the University of Evansville, Indiana, and the author of the novel When Warhol Was Still Alive. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2001. Formerly an associate entertainment editor at Glamour, McMullan received her M.F.A. from the University of Arkansas. Her work has appeared in The Chicago Tribune, Southern Accents, TriQuarterly, Michigan Quarterly Review, Boulevard, and The Greensboro Review, among others. |