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Emma Who Saved My Life
Contributor(s): Barnhardt, Wilton (Author)
ISBN: 0312191189     ISBN-13: 9780312191184
Publisher: Picador USA
OUR PRICE:   $19.80  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 1998
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Annotation: First published in 1989, the first novel from the author of Gospel. Gil Freeman dreams of leaving the Midwest, going to New York, and becoming a famous actor. "Full of sharp, often acid, character sketches, memorable scenes, alternately touching and uproariously funny, that linger in the memory".--Publishers Weekly.
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Coming Of Age
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 98016362
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.3 lbs) 496 pages
 
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A big, funny, engaging, unsentimental and sometimes even wise book...Delightful.--New York Post

Author of Lookaway, Lookaway

Wilton Barnhardt's novel of coming of age in New York City brims with energy, surprise, irresistible humor, and the heady rush of youth. Its hero, Gil Freeman, a midwestern aspiring actor, comes to the city in search of stardom--but instead encounters the perils of Alphabet City, the desperation of off-off-off-Broadway theater...and the exhilarating, exasperating, absolutely unique Emma, around whom his life comes to turn. Charming and engaging, quintessentially American, Emma Who Saved My Life is one of the extraordinary fiction debuts of our time.

Contributor Bio(s): Barnhardt, Wilton: - Wilton Barnhardt is the author of Lookaway, Lookaway, a New York Times bestseller. His previous novels are Gospel, Show World, and Emma Who Saved My Life. A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he teaches fiction in the master of fine arts in creative writing program at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he lives.