Simple Recipes

Simple Recipes
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Publisher : Back Bay Books
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9780316087131
ISBN-13 : 0316087130
Rating : 4/5 (130 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Simple Recipes by : Madeleine Thien

Download or read book Simple Recipes written by Madeleine Thien and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With delicate language and wisdom, Madeleine Thien explores the longing of families pulled apart by conflicts between generations, cultures, and values.Each of these stories captures a deeply personal world in which characters struggle to reconcile family loyalty with individual desires. In "House," a 10-year-old girl longs for the alcoholic mother who left the house one day never to return. In "Dispatch," a woman tries to hold her marriage together even after finding proof that her husband is in love with someone else. In "A Map of the City, " a young woman's troubled relationship with her father overshadows the course she takes in her adult life. Thien's fresh perspective and spare, haunting prose have already won her prizes and the praise of established masters. "Simple Recipes" is the beginning of a luminous writing career.


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