Inventing the Abbotts

von Sue Miller

208 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

“Compelling. . . . What Milleroffers. . . is a distinctive sensibility—a candid exploration of the frail andgritty truths about trying to love without harm or reprisal.”—Boston GlobeIn this rivetingcollection of short stories, bestselling author Sue Miller writes compellinglyabout a chapter in the moral history of our time.The fascinating storiesfeatured in Inventing the Abbotts explorethe treacherously shifting ground of erotic and family relationships. In the title story, a young man takes upsuccessively with three daughters of the most fashionable family in town. Othersconcern a young girl in the first blush of sexual curiosity, and a strickendowager whose seizures release a brutal and sometimes obscene candor. In onestory after another, Sue Miller presents a remarkable gallery of characters, offeringinsight into contemporary men and women with their hungry hearts and dismayedconsciences.With keen sensitivity and penetrating insight, Inventing the Abbotts will strike achord with readers everywhere.

• Reihe: Harper Perennial
• ISBN: 9780062982056
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.07.2023
• Größe: 203 x 135 mm
• Verlag: HarperCollins