| The Miss America Family Contributor(s): Baggott, Julianna (Author) |
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ISBN: 074342297X ISBN-13: 9780743422970 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $19.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: Ezra Stocker's mother was Miss New Jersey in 1967. In 1987, it would seem that she has the perfect family. However, her son Ezra is not convinced that everything is so perfect. But when his grandmother reveals some dark family secrets, Ezra's mother reclaims her dangerous past through a series of odd choices. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Medical - History |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.45" W x 8.54" (0.84 lbs) 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Pixie Kitchy was once Miss New Jersey. Now she's married to a dentist, an ex-quarterback in turtled golf pants. Her ten-year-old daughter, Mitzie, wears Bo-peep pincurls and twirls baton. Her sixteen-year-old son, Ezra, the person who knows her best, is caught up in his fling with the podiatrist's daughter. And Pixie is consumed by the past. She confides, I was a housewife, and I became dangerous. Sometimes it's the only way possible to regain footing in the world. In this high-wire mixture of absurdity and pathos, hilarity and darkness, one American family finds out that there is no such thing as the perfect American family, and, for better or for worse, they come together and start anew. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baggott, Julianna: - Julianna Baggott's work has appeared in such publications as The Southern Review, Ms. magazine, Poetry, Best American Poetry 2000, and read on NPR's Talk of the Nation. The nationally bestselling author of The Miss America Family and Girl Talk, as well a book of poems entitled This Country of Mothers, she teaches at Florida State University and lives in Tallahassee with her husband and three children. Visit her website at www.juliannabaggott.com. |