A Bigamist's Daughter - A Novel

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).

About the author

Alice McDermott

Product details

• Authors: Alice McDermott
• Publisher: Picador
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2023
• EAN: 9781250852281
• ISBN: 978-1-250-85228-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 135 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 260 g
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature