About this title: Two sisters approach middle age. Emmy, once confident and--as her mother noted--thick-skinned, is shattered by unexpected divorce. Virginia, sensitive and introverted, chafes against the rigid life she has made for herself. Emmy travels to Bali, Virginia to the Isle of Skye, and each sister finds herself faced with changes--changes that allow them to come to terms with their lives and dictate some of these terms themselves.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picador, London
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780330488174ISBN:0330488171
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very nice and clean condition. Small amount of cover wear. 200p.; 20 cm. Originally published: London: Granta, 1994. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Granta (NY)
Date Published: 1996-09
ISBN-13:9780964561137ISBN:0964561131
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta (NY)
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780964561106ISBN:0964561107
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Ex) Library Copy. Moderate wear on Cover Interior Pages. Usual library markings. Library card removed from interior. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 270 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2007
Description: As New. New and unread, tight and unbroken spine, lovely cover, you'll be thrilled with this book! 100% satisfaction guaranteed! ! ! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Granta (NY)
Date Published: 1996-09
ISBN-13:9780964561137ISBN:0964561131
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Edition: First Paperback Edition, First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Granta Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780964561137ISBN:0964561131
Description: Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. An excellent paperback copy, unread and much like new. The binding is solid, and there are no reading creases in the spine. The cover shows almost no wear, and although a paperback cover, it is designed with flaps. The text is clean and unmarked. --------------------------------------------------------------------Claire Messud has recently become recognized as a major novelist with the reception of her latest novel, The Emperor's Children. When the World Was ... read more
Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Granta Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780964561137ISBN:0964561131
Description: Very Good. No Jacket (as issued) First paperback edition. French wraps. Several interior pages are wavy, o/w nice and tight. read more
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"No detail is too small to be interesting, I learn from Claire Messud, and that the two huge ensembles which surround these two sisters as they live their separate lives are linked by the common themes and threads of their origins."
"There's something grasping and terrible about this book, about an elderly woman and her grown daughters who each try to find some clear place in the world after a major let-down or failure, with only the tiniest of triumphs to keep them going. Messud's writing is spare and controlled, even in the face of clear disappointment.
Here's a bit of Melody Simpson, who cajoles her elder daughter into visiting Scotland to see their ancestral home:
"Melody Simpson decided to drop the subject. She couldn't make Virginia understand, and she didn't like to consider that Virginia might be right: that Emmy might be indifferent to her mother's last day. Although were that so, it would only show how similar mother and daughter were. You don't grieve over the inevitable. And Emmy was still her favorite child.""
"My cousin recommended this writer and I plan to try more of her books. I was a little disappointed with this one because I wasn't that crazy about either of the two main characters."
"This is a well-mannered but fairly bland portrait of two sisters. It was initially engaging but quickly became tedious despite the locales (Bali! London!)and repeated stabs at drama."
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