| Hilda and Pearl Contributor(s): Mattison, Alice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060936932 ISBN-13: 9780060936938 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: In a "memorable novel about love's resilience" ("New York Times Book Review"), the author of "The Book Borrower" tells a universal story of friendship set in McCarthy-era Brooklyn. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - Marriage & Divorce - Fiction | Friendship - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 94002634 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.8" W x 8" (0.51 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To Frances, an only child living in McCarthy-era Brooklyn, her mother, Hilda, and her aunt Pearl seem as if they have always been friends. Frances does not question the love between the two women until her father's job as a teacher is threatened by anti-Communism, just as Frances begins to learn about her family's past. Why does Hilda refer to her first pregnancy, as if Frances wasn't her only child? Whose baby shoes are hidden in Hilda's dresser drawer? Why is there tension when Pearl and her husband come to visit? The story of a young girl in the fifties and her elders' coming-of-age in the unquiet thirties, this book resonates deeply, revealing in beautiful, clear language the complexities of friendship and loss. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mattison, Alice: - Alice Mattison is the award-winning author of four story collections and five novels, including Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn. She teaches fiction in the graduate writing program at Bennington College in Vermont and lives in New Haven, Connecticut. |
