Rhine Maidens
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- Synopsis
- "Carolyn See's new novel is even more wonderful than her last, which is saying a lot. She sees things no one else does, and is so funny, sympathetic, and comprehending. Rhine Maidens is an amazing tour de [orce." -Diane Johnson Rhine Maidens is beautifully a written novel about an emotional legacy passed from parent to child, a failure of love that both divides and unites women of two generations. At twenty, Grace had a 20-inch waist, long auburn hair, a job in downtown Los Angeles, and all the world before her. She married a man she loved and was snpposed to live happily ever after, But her husband left her for another woman. Now in her sixties, she lives alone in a ,mall California town and lies awake at night listening to the sound of the oil wells, counting her disappointments and waiting for something else to go wrong. Garnet is one of Grate's disappointments and has spent much of her life trying to please--or at least pacify--her mother. She's a mother now herself, with a successful husband and a nice home in Brentwood. She shops at I. Magnin, gardens and plays bridge, takes courses at UCLA. She's happy. What happened to her mother eodd never happen to her. And then it does happen. Bhine Maidens is the story of two wo,rnen caught in a sexual history that passes from one generation to the next. Carolyn See captures with rare intimacy and insight the frustrations--and triumphs-of women struggling with the loss of love, and observes with an affectionate yet unflinching eye the casual Southern California life, past ld present, of which they are a part.
- Copyright:
- 1981
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 265 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780698111059
- Publisher:
- Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 07/01/03
- Copyrighted By:
- Carolyn See
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Submitted By:
- earl schwab
- Proofread By:
- Dr. Kenneth Cross
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.