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The Life Before Her Eyes
Laura Kasischke
The Life Before Her Eyes
Laura Kasischke
Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of forty--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. In prose infused with the dramatically feminine sensuality of spring, we experience seventeen-year-old Diana's uncertain steps into womanhood--her awkward, heated forays into sex; her fresh, fragile construction of an identity. Together with the sights and sounds of renewal, we experience the tasks of Diana's adulthood: protecting her beloved daughter and holding onto her successful husband.
An acclaimed writer and poet, Laura Kasischke has crafted a consciousness that encompasses the truth of a teenager's world and the profound transformation of that world at midlife. Resonant and deeply stirring, The Life Before Her Eyes finds piercing beauty in the midst of a nightmare from long ago that echoes like a dirge beneath each new spring.
Media | Książki Paperback Book (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem) |
Wydane | 11 listopada 2002 |
ISBN13 | 9780156027120 |
Wydawcy | Harvest Books |
Strony | 280 |
Wymiary | 134 × 205 × 18 mm · 340 g |
Język | English |
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