Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison

Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison

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Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison

From the author of the flawless (The New York Times Book Review) classic Bastard Out of Carolina comes Cavedweller, once again demonstrating Allison's umatched strengths as a storyteller. Reading like a thematic sequel (The New Yorker) to her first novel, Cavedweller tackles questions of forgiveness, mother-daughter bonds, and the strength of the human spirit.

When Delia Byrd packs up her old Datsun and her daughter Cissy and gets on the Santa Monica Freeway heading south and east, she is leaving everything she has known for ten years: the tinsel glitter of the rock 'n' roll world; her dreams of singing and songwriting; and a life lived on credit cards and whiskey with a man who made promises he couldn't keep. Delia Byrd is going back to Cayro, Georgia, to reclaim her life--and the two daughters she left behind.Told in the incantatory voice of one of America's most eloquent storytellers, Cavedweller is a sweeping novel of the human spirit, the lost and hidden recesses of the heart, and the place where violence and redemption intersect.
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ISBN 13 9780525941675
ISBN 10 0525941673
Title Cavedweller
Author Dorothy Allison
Condition Unavailable
Publisher Penguin Random House Australia
Year published 1998-04-01
Number of pages 434
Prizes Winner of Lambda Literary Awards (Lesbian Fiction) 1998
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.