| Someone Not Really Her Mother Lib/E Contributor(s): Chessman, Harriet Scott (Author), Platt, Myra (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792733460 ISBN-13: 9780792733461 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: As Hannah Pearl's memories of her 1940 escape to England from war-torn France come to the foreground of her consciousness, her memory of her more recent American life, including her relationships with her daughter and granddaughters, is almost erased. Her daughter, Miranda, attempts to bring her mother into the present and the daily activities of family life, yet finds herself instead pulled into Hannah's unresolved past. Miranda's daughters confront the shadows of history in their own ways. Fiona, content with her life as a new mother, tries to ignore the ghostly presence of Hannah's family who perished in the war, while Ida clings to Hannah's revelations as if they form a lifeline. Facing the mystery of Hannah's unspoken memories, each woman must ask how well anyone can know the inner life of another person. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.54" H x 7.1" W x 6.38" (0.68 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - French - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family - Topical - Holocaust |
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Contributor Bio(s): Platt, Myra: - Myra Platt is an actor, director, adapter, composer, and cofounding artistic director of the Book-It Repertory Theatre in Seattle. She's been instrumental in producing over thirty-five world-premiere stage adaptations over sixteen years. Her acting credits include Howard's End, The Dying Gaul, The Awakening, and The Cider House Rules, Part One and Two. Her audio recordings include Every Woman Has a Story and Cathedral. Chessman, Harriet Scott: -Harriet Scott Chessman is happy to announce her newest novel, The Lost Sketchbook of Edgar Degas, published by Outpost 19 in March 2017. She is the author of the earlier novels The Beauty of Ordinary Things, Someone Not Really Her Mother, Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, and Ohio Angels. In addition, Harriet wrote the opera libretto for MY LAI, commissioned by the Kronos Performing Arts Association. Her fiction has been translated into eight languages, and featured in The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, NPR's All Things Considered, Good Morning America, The Christian Science Monitor, and more. She has taught English and creative writing at Yale University, Bread Loaf School of English, and Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program. After twelve years in the San Francisco Bay Area, she lives now in Connecticut. |