Description
Title: Big as Life: Three Tales for Spring
Author: Maureen Howard
ISBN: 9780142001202
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher : The second volume in
Maureen Howard’s planned quartet of fictions based on the seasons reaffirms her reputation as one of America’s most highly regarded authors. In the title piece, Howard presents an ambitious exploration of the life and work of John James Audubon, revealing how his dedication to his masterpiece,
The Birds of America, devoured everyone around him, including his wife, Lucy. In Children with Matches, a feminist historian discovers that the hard lessons of the past may be a route to responsibility in the present. The Magdalene is a tale of willful innocence and loss of faith about a woman who comes to New York in the 1930s to be the nanny of a wealthy family. Thoughtful, intricate, and insightful, Howard’s stories are compelling achievements.
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