| Ohio Angels Contributor(s): Chessman, Harriet Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583225196 ISBN-13: 9781583225196 Publisher: Seven Stories Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2002 Annotation: In this arresting first novel, Harriet Scott Chessman creates a luminous and sometimes disturbing world out of an Ohio landscape of mulberry trees and mowed lawns. The result is a moving portrait of the intricacies of marriage and friendship, and of the surprising possibilities for compassion and renewal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002007743 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.26" W x 7.28" (0.56 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Harriet Scott Chessman's Ohio Angels is an intimate and a lyrical story about friendship and family struggles. Hallie, a painter who now lives in Brooklyn, returns to her family home in Ohio, where she unearths a secret about her parents. Her discovery sheds light on her mother's depression, which shadowed her own childhood, and helps her understand her own inability to have children. In her hometown, Hallie reconnects with a beloved childhood friend, Rose, who is now a writer and pregnant with her third child. Chessman beautifully evokes the childhood memories of the two friends, illuminating their very different lives. As in Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, Chessman's compassionate and perceptive gaze reveals an entire new world for us--one that is subtle, alive, and deeply honest. |