| The Widow's Children Contributor(s): Fox, Paula (Author), Barrett, Andrea (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0393319636 ISBN-13: 9780393319637 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: On the eve of their trip to Africa, Laura and her husband, Desmond, host a bon voyage party in a New York City hotel room that turns into a bitter, claustrophobic clash of family resentment. Laura is hiding the knowledge that her mother, the family matriarch, died of a heart attack that morning. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99038698 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.53" W x 8.24" (0.48 lbs) 238 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the eve of their trip to Africa, Laura Maldonada Clapper and her husband, Desmond, sit in a New York City hotel room, drinking scotch-and-sodas and awaiting the arrival of three friends: Clara Hansen, Laura's timid, brow-beaten daughter from a previous marriage; Carlos, Laura's flamboyant and charming brother; and Peter Rice, a melancholy editor whom Laura hasn't seen for over a year. But what begins as a bon voyage party soon parlays into a bitter, claustrophobic clash of family resentment. From the hotel room to the tony restaurant to which the five embark, Laura presides over the escalating innuendo and hostility with imperial cruelty, for she is hiding the knowledge that her mother, the family matriarch, has died of a heart attack that morning. A novel as intense as it is unerringly observed, The Widow's Children is another revelation of the storyteller's art from the incomparable Paula Fox. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fox, Paula: - Paula Fox (1923--2017) was the author of Desperate Characters, The Widow's Children, A Servant's Tale, The God of Nightmares, Poor George, The Western Coast, and Borrowed Finery: A Memoir, among other books.Barrett, Andrea: - Andrea Barrett is the author of The Air We Breathe, Servants of the Map (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), The Voyage of the Narwhal, Ship Fever (winner of the National Book Award), and other books. She teaches at Williams College and lives in northwestern Massachusetts. |