Emma Straub
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The author of Bel Canto and Truth & Beauty talks with Jane Hamilton (A Map of the World; The Short History of a Prince) and delves deeply into the backstory of her latest creation, a thought-provoking literary thriller, set deep in the Amazon jungle, with fascinating characters that defy our expectations, and chockful of suspense, romance, and betrayal.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed bestselling author returns to Symphony Space to discuss her latest novel. Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth tells the enthralling and tender story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. In conversation with Emma Straub (Modern Lovers). An excerpt from the novel will be performed by Alan Alda.
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 289 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of essays in which daughters remember their relationships with their mothers and the complicated bonds they shared with them, symboliZed by gifts or memories of emotional encounters.
