Bigamist's Daughter
Alice McDermott
(Author)
Description
The "beautifully written" (The Washington Post) first novel by Alice McDermott, National Book Award-winning author of Charming Billy and Someone.
Elizabeth Connelly, editor at a New York vanity press, sells the dream of publication (admittedly, to writers of questionable talent). Stories of true emotional depth rarely cross her desk. But when a young writer named Tupper Daniels walks in, bearing an unfinished novel, Elizabeth is drawn to both the novelist and his story--a lyrical tale about a man in love with more than one woman at once. Tupper's manuscript unlocks memories of her own secretive father, who himself may have been a bigamist. As Elizabeth and Tupper search for the perfect dénouement, their affair, too, approaches a most unexpected and poignant coda. A brilliant debut from one of our most celebrated authors, A Bigamist's Daughter is "a wise, sad, witty novel about men and women, God, hope, love, illusion, and fiction itself" (Newsweek).Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.74
Publisher
Picador Paper
Publish Date
February 07, 2023
Pages
304
Dimensions
7.0 X 10.8 X 1.2 inches | 0.53 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781250852281
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About the Author
Alice McDermott is the author of several novels, including The Ninth Hour; Someone; After This; Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award; At Weddings and Wakes; and That Night--all published by FSG. That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and other publications. For more than two decades she was the Richard A. Macksey Professor for Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and a member of the faculty at the Sewanee Writers' Conference. McDermott lives with her family outside Washington, D.C.
Reviews
"Impressive...A fascinatingly prismatic story." --Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review
"One of our finest novelists at work today." --Los Angeles Times "There's no one like Alice McDermott...her touch is light as a feather, her perceptions purely accurate." --Elle "Beautifully written." --The Washington Post "A masterly and admirable first novel...A Bigamist's Daughter sparkles with crisp language and fine, precise writing....A richly detailed story." --The Kansas City Star "McDermott is an enormously skilled and assured writer who transforms the ordinary into something magical." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer
