Secret Understandings

Secret Understandings is a vibrant and richly textured portrait of Shelagh Jackman, a book illustrator who learns to cultivate the loving and complex relationships in her life while struggling to be true to her own best self, even when calamity puts her to the ultimate test-and triumph.

About the author

Morris Philipson was the director of the University of Chicago Press from 1967 to 2000 and is the author of five novels and several scholarly books. Somebody Else's Life and The Wallpaper Fox are also available from the University of Chicago Press.

Summary

This is a portrait of Shelagh Jackman, a book illustrator who learns to cultivate the loving and complex relationships in her life while struggling to be true to her oen best self, even when calamity puts her to the ultimate test.

Product details

• Authors: Morris Philipson
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2000
• EAN: 9780226667522
• ISBN: 978-0-226-66752-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 204 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Phoenix Fiction; Phoenix Fiction Series PF
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature