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Sister

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Informationen zum Autor A. Manette Ansay is the author of eight books, including Vinegar Hill , Midnight Champagne (a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), and Blue Water . She has received the Pushcart Prize, two Great Lakes Book Awards, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She teaches in the MFA writing program at the University of Miami. Klappentext "When my brother disappeared in 1984, I began to see myself in the third person as if my life were a story being told to someone else." Abigail Schiller lives a seemingly normal childhood in a rural Catholic commuinity in Wisconsin. But that life is shattered when her younger brother, Sam, vanishes at the age of seventeen, fleeing their father's rigid rules of masculinity and the violence their mother denies. Finally, thirty years old and expecting a child of her own, Abby is determined to retrace her lost sibling's dark descent--embarking upon an emotional journey that will test the strength of her spirit, and contradict everything, she once believed about her family and herself. A stunning work of rare poignance and unsettling power, A. Manette Ansay's Sister marks the literary maturation of a truly exceptional voice in contemporary American fiction. Deftly spinning triumph out of tragedy, the award-winning author of Vinegar Hill offers us a fresh understanding, of family, memory, faith.Abigail Schiller lives in a seemingly normal childhood in a rural Catholic community in Wisconsin. But that life is shattered when her younger brother, Sam, vanishes at the age of seventeen, fleeing their father's rigid rules of masculinity and the violence their mother denies. Finally, thirty years old and expecting a child of her own, Abby is determined to retrace her lost sibling's dark descent--embarking upon an emotional journey that will test the strength of her spirit, and contradict everything she once believed her family and herself. A stunning work of race poignance and unsettling power, A. Manette Ansay's Sister marks the literary maturation of a truly exceptional voice in contemporary American fiction. Deftly spinning triumph out of tragedy, the award-winning author of Vinegar Hill Offers us a fresh understanding of family, memory, and faith. Zusammenfassung "When my brother disappeared in 1984! I began to see myself in the third person as if my life were a story being told to someone else." Abigail Schiller lives a seemingly normal childhood in a rural Catholic commuinity in Wisconsin. But that life is shattered when her younger brother! Sam! vanishes at the age of seventeen! fleeing their father's rigid rules of masculinity and the violence their mother denies. Finally! thirty years old and expecting a child of her own! Abby is determined to retrace her lost sibling's dark descent--embarking upon an emotional journey that will test the strength of her spirit! and contradict everything! she once believed about her family and herself. A stunning work of rare poignance and unsettling power! A. Manette Ansay's Sister marks the literary maturation of a truly exceptional voice in contemporary American fiction. Deftly spinning triumph out of tragedy! the award-winning author of Vinegar Hill offers us a fresh understanding! of family! memory! faith.Abigail Schiller lives in a seemingly normal childhood in a rural Catholic community in Wisconsin. But that life is shattered when her younger brother! Sam! vanishes at the age of seventeen! fleeing their father's rigid rules of masculinity and the violence their mother denies. Finally! thirty years old and expecting a child of her own! Abby is determined to retrace her lost sibling's dark descent--embarking upon an emotional journey that will test the strength of her spirit! and contradict everything she once believed her family and herself. A stunning work of race poignance and ...

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Authors A. Manette Ansay, Manette Ansay
Assisted by Ansay Mannette (Editor)
Publisher Harper Perennial USA
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.06.1997
 
EAN 9780380729760
ISBN 978-0-380-72976-0
No. of pages 240
Dimensions 132 mm x 202 mm x 16 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: General, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Romance / New Adult, FICTION: Fantasy / Dark Fantasy

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