| Machine Dreams Contributor(s): Phillips, Jayne Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375705252 ISBN-13: 9780375705250 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: In her highly acclaimed debut novel, the bestselling author of Shelter introduces the Hampsons, an ordinary, small-town American family profoundly affected by the extraordinary events of history. Here is a stunning chronicle that begins with the Depression and ends with the Vietnam War, revealed in the thoughts, dreams, and memories of each family member. Mitch struggles to earn a living as Jean becomes the main breadwinner, working to complete college and raise the family. While the couple fight to keep their marriage intact, their daughter Danner and son Billy forge a sibling bond of uncommon strength. When Billy goes off to Vietnam, Danner becomes the sole bond linking her family, whose dissolution mirrors the fractured state of America in the 1960s. Deeply felt and vividly imagined, this lyrical novel is "among the wisest of a generation to grapple with a war that maimed us all" (The Village Voice), by a master of contemporary fiction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Small Town & Rural - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99018315 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.08" W x 8.17" (0.58 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - West Virginia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In her highly acclaimed debut novel, the bestselling author of Shelter introduces the Hampsons, an ordinary, small-town American family profoundly affected by the extraordinary events of history. Here is a stunning chronicle that begins with the Depression and ends with the Vietnam War, revealed in the thoughts, dreams, and memories of each family member. Mitch struggles to earn a living as Jeans becomes the main breadwinner, working to complete college and raise the family. While the couple fight to keep their marriage intact, their daughter Danner and son Billy forge a sibling bond of uncommon strength. When Billy goes off to Vietnam, Danner becomes the sole bond linking her family, whose dissolution mirrors the fractured state of America in the 1960s. Deeply felt and vividly imagined, this lyrical novel is among the wisest of a generation to grapple with a war that maimed us all (The Village Voice), by a master of contemporary fiction. |