Love Invents Us by Amy Bloom
A sharp and funny, rueful, and uncompromisingly real tale of growing up--from National Book Award finalist Amy BloomA chubby girl with smudged pink harlequin glasses and a habit of stealing Heath Bars from the local five-and-dime, Elizabeth Taube is the only child of parents whose indifference to her is the one sure thing in her life. When her search for love and attention leads her into the arms of her junior-high-school English teacher, things begin to get complicated.
And even her friend Mrs. Hill, a nearly blind, elderly black woman, can't protect her when real love--exhilarating, passionate, heartbreaking--enters her life in the gorgeous shape of Huddie Lester.
With her finely honed style and her unflinching sensibility, Bloom shows us how profoundly the forces of love and desire can shape a life.
Amy Bloom is the author of the short story collection Come to Me and the book Love Invents Us. Her work has appeared in a variety of periodicals, including The New Yorker, Antaeus, Story, Mirabella, Self, Vogue, and Talk, as well as numerous anthologies in the United States and overseas, including The Best American Short Stories; Prize Stories: The O. The Scribner Anthology of Modern Short Fiction, The Hidden Self: A Century of Short Tales by Women, and The Henry Awards She resides in Connecticut and works as a psychotherapist.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375750229 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375750223 |
| Title | Love Invents Us |
| Author | Amy Bloom |
| Series | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1998-01-27 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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