Baggott explores contemporary "civilized" behavior and the imperfections of a "perfect American family" with wit and grace

Publishers Weekly

Julianna Baggott enjoys living on the knife edge between hilarity and heartbreak and that makes her a writer after my own heart

- Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winning author of EMPIRE FALLS,

An accomplished and charmingly messy tale of love and redemption

Kirkus Reviews

The best day of Pixie's life was the day she won the Miss New Jersey beauty pageant. Her dreams stretched in front of her: a Miss America could go anywhere, be anyone. Fame and fortune were at her fingertips - until she fell pregnant. Now, the mother of a teenager, on her second marriage, she is beset by memories of her glittering career. Ezra, her sixteen-year-old son, notices none of this. It's the start of the long summer holiday and his main preoccupation is the girl next door and his quest to lose his virginity. Engaging and honest, he tells his own story of what it means to be the child of a woman whose American dream went nowhere.Soulful and mordantly funny in the vein of American Beauty, Pixie and Ezra unfold a story of the American family that is at once touching and fiercely honest.
Les mer
Engaging and honest, he tells his own story of what it means to be the child of a woman whose American dream went nowhere.Soulful and mordantly funny in the vein of American Beauty, Pixie and Ezra unfold a story of the American family that is at once touching and fiercely honest.
Les mer
The touching and thoughtful novel from the bestselling author of Girl Talk 20021018

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099427995
Publisert
2003-05-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Arrow Books Ltd
Vekt
203 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Julianna Baggott has published dozens of short stories and poems and is the author of the prize winning poetry collection, This Country of Mothers and the bestselling novel Girl Talk. She teaches at Florida State University's Creative Writing Program. She lives in Florida with her husband, writer David G.W. Scott, and their three young children. Visit her website at www.juliannabaggott.com