House Under Snow

First printing. 256 pages. Very Fine in Fine dust jacket.

From Publisher:

A first novel by an acclaimed American poet, "House Under Snow" is a story
of mothers and daughters, of sexual identity, of a family slowly disintegrating after the premature death of its patriarch. Anna Crane, soon to be married, reflects back on her childhood in Ohio during the 1960s and '70s with her two sisters and her charismatic, self-destructing mother. Evoking the claustrophobia of small-town life, Anna's first passionate love affair with a troubled boy who works as a groom and trainer at a horse track, and her mother's endless stream of suitors and a failed marriage, the novel races toward a chilling conclusion when Anna is betrayed by the two most important figures in her young life.
Not since Alice McDermott's "That Night" has there been such a telling portrait of first love. And not since Mona Simpson's "Anywhere But Here" have we witnessed the destructive, seductive nature of a mother who insists on competing with her children. An unforgettable tale of the power and vulnerability of sex and family, history and the past, "House Under Snow" is a lyrical and brilliant fictional debut.

Product Info

ISBN: 0151006857

ISBN-13: 9780151006854

Publisher: Harcourt

Year: 2002

Type: New

Binding: Hardcover

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